cast vs dag

cast

verb
  • To twist or warp (of fabric, timber etc.). 

  • To heave the lead and line in order to ascertain the depth of water. 

  • To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan. 

  • To bring the bows of a sailing ship on to the required tack just as the anchor is weighed by use of the headsail; to bring (a ship) round. 

  • Of dogs, hunters: to spread out and search for a scent. 

  • To throw forward (a fishing line, net etc.) into the sea. 

  • To throw off (the skin) as a process of growth; to shed the hair or fur of the coat. 

  • To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide. 

  • To throw. 

  • To throw down or aside. 

  • To deposit (a ballot or voting paper); to formally register (one's vote). 

  • To calculate the astrological value of (a horoscope, birth etc.). 

  • To throw (light etc.) on or upon something, or in a given direction. 

  • To open a circle in order to begin a spell or meeting of witches. 

  • To broadcast (video) over the Internet or a local network, especially to one's television. 

  • To remove, take off (clothes). 

  • To direct (one's eyes, gaze etc.). 

  • To shape (molten metal etc.) by pouring into a mould; to make (an object) in such a way. 

  • To perform, bring forth (a magical spell or enchantment). 

  • To set (a bone etc.) in a cast. 

  • To assign (a role in a play or performance). 

  • To assign a role in a play or performance to (an actor). 

  • To change a variable type from, for example, integer to real, or integer to text. 

noun
  • Visual appearance. 

  • An object made in a mould. 

  • A supportive and immobilising device used to help mend broken bones. 

  • A squint. 

  • Animal and insect remains which have been regurgitated by a bird. 

  • The form of one's thoughts, mind etc. 

  • The collective group of actors performing a play or production together. Contrasted with crew. 

  • A small mass of earth "thrown off" or excreted by a worm. 

  • The number of hawks (or occasionally other birds) cast off at one time; a pair. 

  • Something which has been thrown, dispersed etc. 

  • The casting procedure. 

  • The mould used to make cast objects. 

  • A group of crabs. 

  • An instance of throwing out a fishing line. 

  • An act of throwing. 

adj
  • Of an animal, such as a horse or sheep: Lying in a position from which it cannot rise on its own. 

dag

verb
  • To cut or slash the edge of a garment into dags 

  • To be misty; to drizzle. 

  • To shear the hindquarters of a sheep in order to remove dags or prevent their formation. 

  • To skewer food, for roasting over a fire 

noun
  • A dangling lock of sheep’s wool matted with dung. 

  • A hanging end or shred, in particular a long pointed strip of cloth at the edge of a piece of clothing, or one of a row of decorative strips of cloth that may ornament a tent, booth or fairground. 

  • A skewer. 

  • A misty shower; dew. 

  • A spit, a sharpened rod used for roasting food over a fire. 

  • The unbranched antler of a young deer. 

  • One who dresses unfashionably or without apparent care about appearance; someone who is not cool; a dweeb or nerd. 

  • A directed acyclic graph; an ordered pair (V,E) such that E is a subset of some partial ordering relation on V. 

intj
  • Expressing shock, awe or surprise; used as a general intensifier. 

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