vbl. sb. [UP- 7.] The action or result of casting or throwing up, in various senses.

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[1250–68.  Cockersand Chartul. (Chetham Soc.), 899. Aliud latus prædictæ terræ jacet ad Houpcastinges terræ meæ.]

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c. 1450.  Mirk’s Festial, 172. But when he schuld dye, he myȝt not receue hit [sc. the sacrament] for vpcasting.

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1808.  Jamieson, Upcasting, the rising of clouds above the horizon, especially as threatening rain.

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1819.  W. Tennant, Papistry Storm’d (1827), 185. A black up-castin’ [of clouds], with ane rim o’ darkness.

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1882.  Proc. Berw. Nat. Club, X. I. 11. Bare … rounded hills, with … yellow up-castings of soil indicating the retreats of rabbits.

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