Cast (?), v. i. 1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.
2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.
Weigh anchor, cast to starboard.
Totten.
3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.
She... cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be.
Luke. i. 29.
4. To calculate; to compute.
Who would cast and balance at a desk.
Tennyson.
5. To receive form or shape in a mold.
It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold.
Woodward.
6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.
Stuff is said to cast or warp when... it alters its flatness or straightness.
Moxon.
7. To vomit.
These verses... make me ready to cast.
B. Jonson.