Definition of Casteng
Cast"ing (?), n. 1.
The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.
2. The act or process of making casts or
impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or
the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.
3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the
mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze
casting.
4. The warping of a board.
Brande & C.
5. The act of casting off, or that which
is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
Casting of draperies, the proper
distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and
sculpture. -- Casting line
(Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the
long reel line. -- Casting net, a net
which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set
and left. -- Casting voice,
Casting vote, the decisive vote of a
presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are
equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor
had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. --
Casting weight, a weight that turns a
balance when exactly poised.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- Present participle of to cast.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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