Castaway

He or that which is thrown away; a person abandoned by God and man; a reprobate. "To search,... who are the heirs of the kingdom of God, who castaways." - Hooker. -a. Usele ; rejected, as of no value. "Or only remember, at our castaway leisure, the imprisoned immortal soul." - Sir W. Raleigh. Caste, ( kast , or kast ,) n. [Fr. caste ; Sp. and Pg. cast a; Hind. zat , a tribe; Sansk.jat . ] A race or lineage; a distinct order in society; as, of aristocratic caste. "The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste." - Macaulay. ameter and 60 feet deep, which has the property of pet--A term used to denote the hereditary cla es into which rifying vegetable substances. Pop . about 1,000. Cast ali an Springs, in Tenne ee, a post-office of Sumner co. "Our fears cast our hopes away." - Earl of Dorset. To cast by. To reject, or discard, as hateful or worth- Casta'na, in Iowa , a post-office of Monona co. le . "Have made Verona's ancient citizens Cast by their grave beseeming ornaments."- Shaks. To cast down. To throw down; to deject; to depre the mind; as, to cast down hopes. "You are much cast down, and afflicted." - Add is on. To cast anchor. ( Naut .) To anchor; to let go the anchor; to moor a ship. To cast forth . To throw out, or reject; to send abroad; to emit or exhale; as, to cast forth a rumor. "They cast me forth into the sea." Jonah . To cast off . To discard; to put away; to disburden; to put off; as, to cast off a mistre . - ( Naut . ) To loosen or untie; as, to cast off a rope. -( Sporting .) In hunting, to let loose; to free; as, to cast off the hounds. "He cast off his friends, as a huntsman his pack."- Goldsmith . To cast out. To eject; to turn out of doors; to speak, or give vent to; as, to cast out an intruder; to cast out a reproach. "Thy brat hath been cast out , like to itself, no father owning It."-Shaks. IMG:content-0081.jpg:[blocks in formation] Cas'tanet, n. [Sp. cast añéta , cas tañuela; Lat. castanea, the chestnut-tree.] ( Mus.) A small musical instrument of percu ion, much used by the Spaniards. It consists of two small pieces of wood or ivory resembling in shape a chestnut, tied to the fingers, and rattled by dancers in order to mark the time, . in dancing. The crotalum of the ancients was similar to the C. "No more beneath soft Eve's consenting star Fandango twirls his jocund castanet." Byron. Cast an i a Grove, in N. Caro lin a, a post-office of Gaston Fig.530.-CASTANET. county.