castings

Noun

casting (countable and uncountable, plural castings)

1. The act or process of selecting actors, singers, dancers, models, etc.

   Synonyms:

   audition

2. A manufacturing process using a mold.
3. (countable) 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.1944 November and December, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 343
4. The regurgitation of fur, feathers, and other undigestible material by hawks, to clean and empty their crops.
   • “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.[…]”1820, [Walter Scott], chapter IV, in The Abbot. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne & Co.] for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Company, and...
5. The excreta of an earthworm or similar creature.
6. The act of converting between data types.

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