upcast

adj

1. Cast up; thrown upward.

   “Old Saturn too with upcast eyes Beheld his abdicated skies”

noun

1. A cast; a throw.

   “When I kissed the jack, upon an upcast to be hit away”

2. The ventilating shaft of a mine out of which the air passes after having circulated through the mine.
3. A current of air passed along such a shaft.
4. (Scotland)An upset, as from a carriage.
5. (Scotland)A taunt; a reproach.

   “for what with the upcast and terror that I got a wee while syne, and what wi' the wee bit taste that I behoved to take of the plottie while I was making it, my head is sair eneugh distressed the night already.”

6. A cast from subtype to supertype.
7. A message transmitted via upcasting.

verb

1. (obsolete, transitive)To cast or throw up; to turn upward.
2. (Scotland, transitive)To taunt; to reproach; to upbraid.
3. (transitive)To cast from subtype to supertype.
4. To broadcast a message or data to aircraft or satellites, especially via radio waves; as opposed to uplinking to a specific satellite or aircraft