upcast Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine

WordNet

Up"cast` adjective
Definitions
  1. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. Addison.
Up"cast` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. Shak.
  2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft.
  3. An upset, as from a carriage. Scot.
  4. A taunt; a reproach. Scot. Sir W. Scott.
Up*cast" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. Obs. Chaucer.
  2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. Scot.

Webster 1913