Alternative spelling of cast iron

(obsolete, accounting) To perform basic bookkeeping. / (obsolete) To be numerate; to be capable of arithmetic.

(idiomatic) Conclusive action has been taken, so events will proceed in an irreversible manner; the point of no return has been passed; the future is determined; there are no more options.

To discard. / (nautical) To abandon or maroon. / (computing, programming, transitive) To eliminate by means of a cast operation.

(transitive with on or over) To spoil (something); to cast a feeling of gloom (over something).

(derogatory) Of mixed racial descent.

(derogatory) A person of mixed racial descent.

(surgery) A cast made of a stiff material (often plaster of Paris and gauze) in order to immobilize a broken bone for the period of healing. / A copy of a piece of art or other object cast in plaster.

plural of cast fossil

A fossil formed when an animal, plant, or other organism dies, its flesh decays and bones deteriorate due to chemical reactions; minerals gradually enter into the cavity, resulting in a cast, which is in the general form of the original organism.