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• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. See also:

• DAN

Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in See also:

• MIDDLE

Middle Eng. took the See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the A.S. weor See also:

• PAN (" pasturer ")
• PAN (common in various forms to many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Pfanne; it is generally taken to be an early adaptation in a shortened form of Lat. patina, shallow bowl or dish, from patere, to lie open)

pan, cf. Ger. werf en)  , a throw, or that which is thrown, or that into which something is thrown . From these three meanings come the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main uses of the word; for the throwing of See also:

• DICE (plural of die, O. Fr. de, derived from Lat. dare, to give)

dice, with the figurative sense of a See also:

• CHANCE (through the O. Fr. cheance, from the Late Lat. cadentia, things happening, from cadere, to fall out, happen; cf. " case ")

chance or opportunity, as in " at the last See also:

• CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

cast "; for the throwing of a fisherman's See also:

• LINE

line in See also:

• FLY (formed on the root of the supposed original Tent. fleugan, to fly)

fly-fishing; for hounds spreading out in See also:

• SEARCH, or VISIT AND SEARCH

search of a lost See also:

• SCENT

scent; or, with the further meaning of a See also:

• TWISTED

twisted throw or turn, for a slight See also:

• SQUINT (possibly connected with Swed. svinka, to flinch; 0. Eng. swiccan, avoid)

squint in the See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

eye . " Cast " is applied to a measure of See also:

• HERRINGS, BATTLE OF THE

herrings or other See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, being the amount taken in two hands to be thrown into a See also:

• VESSEL (O. Fr. vaissel, from a rare Lat. vascellum, dim. of vas, vase, urn)

vessel, and similarly to a See also:

• POTTER, ALONZO (1800-1865)
• POTTER, HENRY CODMAN (1835–1908)
• POTTER, J
• POTTER, JOHN (c. 1674-1747)
• POTTER, PAUL (1625—1654)
• POTTER, PHILIP CIPRIANI HAMBLEY (1792—1871)

potter's measure for a certain quantity of See also:

• CLAY (from O. Eng. claeg, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Klei)
• CLAY, CASSIUS MARCELLUS (1810-1903)
• CLAY, CHARLES (1801–1893)
• CLAY, FREDERIC (1838–1889)
• CLAY, HENRY (1777–1852)

clay; in fishing, to the casting line of gut with fly attached; to the hard refuse thrown out of the See also:

• CROP (a word common. in various forms, such as Germ. Kropf, to many Teutonic languages for a swelling, excrescence, round head or top of anything; it appears also in Romanic languages derived from Teutonic, in Fr. as troupe, whence the English " crupper "

crop of a See also:

• BIRD

bird of See also:

• PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey, and to the coils of See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth thrown up by earth-See also:

• WORMS

worms . From the old method, in making calculations, of using counters, which were thus " thrown " up into a heap, is probably derived the meaning of " cast " for the " casting up " of figures in an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account . Further, the word is found for a See also:

• MOULD

mould for the casting of metals, and more particularly for the copy of an See also:

• ORIGINAL

original statue or See also:

• RELIEF

relief taken from a mould; similarly, of fossils, for the See also:

• MINERAL

mineral filling of the empty mould See also:

• LEFT

left by the organism . See also:

• SPECIAL

Special uses of the word are also found in the theatrical See also:

• TERM

term for the See also:

• ASSIGNMENT, ASSIGNATION, ASSIGNEE

assignment of particular parts to the actors and actresses in a See also:

• PLAY

play, and in the many figurative senses of a type or See also:

• STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

stamp, as of features or characters .