English Explanatory Dictionary

offcast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To cast off; shed.
  2. To remove from the cast of a production.
noun
  1. That which is rejected as useless.

Word forms

offcast offcasts offcasting offcasted off-cast

Etymology

From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).

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