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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 827 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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II2 . See also:

CAST (from the verb meaning " to throw "; the word is Scand. in origin, cf. Dan. kaste, and Swed. kasta; " cast " in Middle Eng. took the place of the A.S. weor pan, cf. Ger. werf en)

Cast See also:

IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron for foundry purposes, i.e. for making castings of cast iron.

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