Definition of "upcast" [up•cast]

• Directed or thrown upward: upcast volcanic ash. (adjective)
• Something cast upward. (noun)
• A ventilating shaft, as in a mine. (noun)

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• "Poirot walked unheeded along his grove by saddened angels, crosses, broken pillars, family vaults, stone hopes praying with upcast eyes, old Belgium's hearts and hands."
• "Working from the text and his imagination, the self-taught and self-destructive Williams contributed 159 drawings, from cartoonish thumbnails to the introductory full-page rendering of Tom that presented him in an almost pre-Raphaelite aura: wreathed in curls, with full lips and unfocused upcast eyes."
• "Objects accepted are predefined and you don't need to upcast and downcast."