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upcast

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up·cast  (pkst)
adj.
Directed or thrown upward: upcast volcanic ash.
n.
1. Something cast upward.
2. A ventilating shaft, as in a mine.
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Noun1.upcastupcast - air passage consisting of a ventilation shaft through which air leaves a mine
air duct, air passage, airway - a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines)


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In various enchanted attitudes, like the standing, or stepping, or running skeletons in Herculaneum, others remained rooted to the deck; but all their eyes upcast.
Moby Dick LXVIII-CXXXIV by Melville, Herman View in context
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