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The amount of such contraction; the bulk or dimension lost by shrinking, as of grain, castings, etc.
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A crab in the act of casting its shell, or immediately afterwards while still soft; -- applied especially to the edible crabs, which are most prized while in this state.
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An engine for casting stones.
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The act of shedding, separating, or casting off or out; as, the shedding of blood.
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A huge bow fixed on the wall of a fortified town for casting javelins.
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A movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
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A premature casting of young; -- said of cattle, sheep, etc.
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An ancient military engine for casting stones and arrows by means of a spring.
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A skeleton, or frame, having radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces; as, a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; a frame for strengthening a core or mold for a casting, etc.
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A slight irregular protuberance which defaces the surface of a casting, caused by the breaking away of a part of the mold.
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The act of trajecting; a throwing or casting through or across; also, emission.
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A group of castings made in the same mold and connected by sprues formed in the runner and its branches.
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To perform the act of throwing or casting; to cast; specifically, to cast dice.
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The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis.
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Not finished, not brought to an end; imperfect; incomplete; left in the rough; wanting the last hand or touch; as, an unfinished house; an unfinished picture; an unfinished iron casting.
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A stiff wire brush for cleaning iron castings and other metal.
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That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.
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The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc.
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A hollow water-cooled iron casting in the upper part of the archway in which the dam stands.
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Casting or making a shade; umbrageous.
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