Cast

1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.
2. The thing thrown.
3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown.
4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.
5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.
6. The act of casting in a mold.
7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.
8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance.
10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.
11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift.
12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.
13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand.
14. A stoke, touch, or trick.
15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.
16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.
17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.
18. Contrivance; plot, design.
A cast of the eye ,
a slight squint or strabismus.
Renal cast (Med.),
microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes.
The last cast ,
the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.