Also Sc. 5 vncastyne, 6 -castin. [UN-1 8. Cf. Sw. okastad.]
1. Not cast or thrown.
c. 1375. Sc. Leg. Saints, vii. (James), 246. Þat stane one stane in-to þat towne suld nocht be lefit vncastyne done.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, II. xx. (S.T.S.), I. 209. Þe dartis war left vncastin on athir side.
a. 1547. Surrey, Æneid, II. (1557), C j. But sone an other sort stept in theyr stede, No stone vnthrown, nor yet no dart vncast.
1662. R. Venables, Exper. Angler, x. 100. The flie were better uncast, because it frights the fish.
2. Not founded or molded by casting.
1617. Bk. Rates Marchandise, N j b. Leade … vncast the Fodder … xx.l. … cast, the Fodder … xx.l.
3. Not reckoned (up) or calculated.
1598. Sylvester, Du Bartas, II. Ded. Sonn., ii. Our small Art’s-stock … is even beggerd with th’ uncast Expense.
1745. De Foe’s Eng. Tradesm., xxxii. (1841), II. 58. Other accounts are left open and uncast up.
4. Not disfigured by a squint.
1629. Gaule, Holy Madn., 328. He sees well, and his eyes were uncast.
