upcast

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There she is with her upcast eyes, unknowable sorrow and perfect sympathy.

From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024

One plan was to force fresh air into the downcast, which should in a sense push the foetid air away by the upcast.

From The Story of a Piece of Coal What It Is, Whence It Comes, and Whither It Goes by Martin, Edward A.

Thus, a miner working along the coal-seam S, from a to b, would describe the fault, f, as an upcast, since he would have to mine to a higher level to catch his coal again.

From Geology by Geikie, James

Thus for long the water stretched it, By the sun 'twas warmed and softened, To the land the billows drove it, On the beach a wave upcast it.

From Kalevala, The Land of the Heroes, Volume Two by Lönnrot, Elias

"And they could now communicate with the workings only through the upcast shaft, in which they had rigged up some temporary lifting gear."

From The New Rector by Weyman, Stanley John