upcast

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From Middle English upcasten, equivalent to up- + cast.

Hideous under the pale rays lay the two dead men, their glazed eyes upcast to the peace of the blue heavens. — The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu, Sax Rohmer
'Whoe'er thou art, soul full of misery, Set like a stake with lower end upcast,' I said to him, 'Make, if thou canst, reply.' — The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: The Inferno, Dante Alighieri
* *land Under an heathen castle, at the last, Of which the name in my text I not find, Constance and eke her child the sea upcast. — The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems, Geoffrey Chaucer

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