upcast
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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2024
This is effectually done by two shafts, called respectively the downcast and the upcast shaft.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin
Then, at last, My lids upcast, Our eyes met, I smiled and she smiled, And I shut mine again and truly slept.
From Poems New and Old by John Freeman
The usual form of ventilating furnace is a plain fire grate placed under an arch, and communicating with the upcast shaft by an inclined drift.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Another was to exhaust the upcast, and so draw the gases in the train of the exhausted air.
From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Edward A. Martin
The roguish upcasting of starry eyes, and the deprecating little manner, tied my tongue for the instant.
From The Love Story of Abner Stone by Edwin Carlile Litsey
She said it with infinite sadness in her voice and an upcasting of eyes that were swimming.
From The Quickening by E. M. Ashe
