Definition of Upcast. Meaning of Upcast. Synonyms of Upcast

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Definition of Upcast

Upcast
Upcast Up"cast`, a. Cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes. --Addison.
Upcast
Upcast Up"cast`, n. 1. (Bowling) A cast; a throw. --Shak. 2. (Mining.) The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine; -- distinguished from the downcast. Called also upcast pit, and upcast shaft. 3. An upset, as from a carriage. [Scot.] 4. A taunt; a reproach. [Scot.] --Sir W. Scott.
Upcast
Upcast Up*cast", v. t. 1. To cast or throw up; to turn upward. [Obs.] --Chaucer. 2. To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid. [Scot.]

Meaning of Upcast from wikipedia

- with the rest of the colliery. No. 5. 10 feet (3.0 m) diameter used as the upcast for numbers 1, 2 and 3. Numbers 2 and 5 shafts were close to each other...
- consisted of a single working shaft mine, and in addition there was a wooden upcast shaft which followed the slope of Snaefell Mountain in order to ****ist ventilation...
- within the pit and the hot air rose up the one side of the brattice (the upcast side) drawing cold air down the other (the downcast side). One such pit...
- the English origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank alongside it. This practice has meant that the name may...
- south. The origins of the word lie in digging a trench and forming the upcast soil into a bank alongside it. This practice has meant that the name dïc...
- seated upright; the man to the right is pipeless, in a shorter hat with upcast brim, lighter, more loosely fit clothing, and hunched over the table. Even...
- effect. A downcast shaft allowed air into the mine. At the foot of the upcast shaft a furnace was kept continuously burning. The shaft (commonly several...
- Tubs or coal tubs are wooden or iron vessels to carry coal. Upcast, upcast shaft The upcast is the shaft by which the spent air is expelled after ventilating...
- quarantined or diverted to customers who do not require top-quality material. Upcasting solves this problem by forming a continuous product from a metal (e.g...
- public static void main(String[] args) { // The following is an implicit upcast: Fruit parent = new Apple(); // The following is a downcast. Here, it works...