upcast

adjective more upcast · most upcast

1. Cast up; thrown upward. Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies

noun upcasts

1. A cast; a throw. When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away
2. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
3. A current of air passed along such a shaft.
4. Scotland An upset, as from a carriage.
5. Scotland A taunt; a reproach. for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.
6. A cast from subtype to supertype.
7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

Similar: upcast pit, upcast shaft

verb upcasts · upcasting · upcast · upcasted

1. obsolete, transitive To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
2. Scotland, transitive To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
3. transitive To cast from subtype to supertype.

   Opposite: downcast

4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft
5. To increase the power of a spell by expending a higher-level spell slot to cast it. She has one 9th-level slot, which she'll only ever use for gate, and one 8th-level slot, which she'll only ever use for holy aura (which can't be upcast).