a person or thing that has been discarded or abandoned
3. printing
an estimate of the amount of space that a piece of copy will occupy when printed in a particular size and style of type
verbcast off(adverb)
4.
to remove (mooring lines) that hold (a vessel) to a dock
5.
to knot (a row of stitches, esp the final row) in finishing off knitted or woven material
6. printing
to estimate the amount of space that will be taken up by (a book, piece of copy, etc)when it is printed in a particular size and style of type
7. (intransitive)
(in Scottish country dancing) to perform a progressive movement during which each partner of a couple dances separately behind one line of the set and then reunites with the other in their original position in the set or in a new position
offcast in American English
(ˈɔfˌkæst, -ˌkɑːst, ˈɑf-)
adjective
1.
discarded or rejected; castoff
his offcast suits
noun
2.
a castoff person or thing
Word origin
[1565–75; adj., n. use of v. phrase cast off]This word is first recorded in the period 1565–75. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: curve, kicker, node, strap, syntax.