noun
The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.
A manufacturing process using a mold.
An object made in a mold.
The practice of casting steel seems the most difficult of all the foundry arts, for despite every care, a percentage of the work is liable to be faulty and disappointing, but at Crewe, generally, a very good class of casting was turned out.
The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.^([W])
“What, ho! sir knave,” exclaimed Roland, “is it thus you feed the eyasse with unwashed meat, as if you were gorging the foul brancher of a worthless hoodie-crow, by the mass? and thou hast neglected its castings also for these two days.[…]”
The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.