caster

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

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noun a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
noun a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
noun a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).

Caster, Warren^{D} Assistant manager, Vol. — Report of the President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy, United States. Warren Commission
"a metal geoter," a metal caster, Kyng Alys. — The Story of Genesis and Exodus: An Early English Song, about 1250 A.D., Unknown
In the middle were hooks in the trunk-beams for the caster and the lantern. — The Yacht Club; or, The Young Boat-Builder, Oliver Optic

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