[UP-4. Cf. CAST v. 83. and MSw. up-, opkasta, Sw. uppkasta, (M)Da. opkaste in sense 3.]
† 1. trans. To utter loudly. Obs.
Cast up also occurs in this sense in ME.
13[?]. E. E. Allit. P., B. 1574. Þis cry was vp-caste, & þer comen mony Clerkes out of caldye.
a. 1400. Rom. Rose, 7129. The vniuersite … Gan forto braide, at the noys the heed vpcast.
† 2. To open or turn up (the eyes). Obs.
1390. Gower, Conf., II. 103. His slombrende yhen he upcaste, And seide [etc.].
3. To cast, throw, or toss up.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Man of Law’s T., 808 (Lansd. MS.). Att þe last … Custance and eke hir childe þe see vpkast.
1390. Gower, Conf., III. 314. At Ephesim the See upcaste The cofre.
1608. Topsell, Serpents, 269. The female … Out of web-breeding-belly … vp-casting twine.
1850. Blackie, Æschylus, II. 180. This brave Capaneus … upcasts Loud billowy boasts in Jove’s high face.
1862. Lytton, Str. Story, II. 352. The atoms upcast by the light of the moon.
1875. Morris, Æneid, I. 84. The winds … driving down upon the sea its lowest deeps upcast.
† 4. Sc. To throw or force open (a gate). Obs.
c. 1425. Wyntoun, Cron., VIII. xi. 1757. All þe ȝettis þai vpkest [v.r. wpcast], To lat þaim entir.
1533. Bellenden, Livy, V. viii. (S.T.S.), II. 176. The portis [war] brokin and vpcassin.
5. Sc. and north. dial. To bring up against one; to cast in one’s teeth; to allege as a fault.
1825. Brockett, N. C. Gloss., Upcast, to upbraid.
1850. Blackie, Æschylus, II. 186. Thy brother too … He whips with keen reproaches, and upcasts With bitter taunts his evil-omened name.
1865–. in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Sc., N. Irel., Northumb., etc.).
