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{ Cas`su*mu"nar (?), Cas`su*mu"ni*ar (?), }
n. [Hind.] (Med.) A pungent,
bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East
Indies.

Cast (k&adot;st), v. t.
[imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb.
n. Casting.] [Cf. Dan. kaste, Icel. & Sw.
kasta; perh. akin to L. gerere to bear, carry. E.
jest.] 1. To send or drive by force;
to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Uzziah prepared . . . slings to cast
stones.

2 Chron. xxvi. 14.

Cast thy garment about thee, and follow
me.

Acts. xii. 8.

We must be cast upon a certain island.

Acts. xxvii. 26.

2. To direct or turn, as the
eyes.

How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me!

Shak.

3. To drop; to deposit; as, to
cast a ballot.

4. To throw down, as in wrestling.
Shak.

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