UPCAST

noun a cast; a throw.

2. upcast ·noun a taunt; a reproach.

3. upcast ·noun an upset, as from a carriage.

4. upcast ·vt to cast or throw up; to turn upward.

5. upcast ·adj cast up; thrown upward; as, with upcast eyes.

6. upcast ·vt to taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.

7. upcast ·noun 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.