Definition of "upcast"

upcast

/ˈʌpkæst/

adjective
comparative more upcast, superlative most upcast
1. Cast up; thrown upward.
  Quotations
  Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies
  a. 1720, Joseph Addison, The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Esq; […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], published 1721
noun
plural upcasts
1. (bowling) A cast; a throw.
  Quotations
  When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away
  1611 April (first recorded performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Cymbeline”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene i]
2. (mining) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
3. (mining) A current of air passed along such a shaft.
4. (Scotland) An upset, as from a carriage.
5. (Scotland) A taunt; a reproach.
  Quotations
  for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.
  1823 December 23 (indicated as 1824), [Walter Scott], St Ronan’s Well. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co.
6. (computing) A cast from subtype to supertype.
7. A message transmitted via upcasting.
verb
third-person singular simple present upcasts, present participle upcasting, simple past and past participle upcast or upcasted
1. (transitive, obsolete) To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
2. (transitive, Scotland) To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
3. (transitive, computing) To cast from subtype to supertype.
4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft

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