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sidecast en · NOUN

Pronunciation

Etymology

From side + cast.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Debris left next to a construction site from sidecasting.
    • In contrast, tree growth has been found to be higher on displaced material such as berms and sidecasts compared with the harvested undisturbed soils. 2006, Rattan Lal, Encyclopedia of Soil Science - Volume 2, →ISBN, page 1380:
    • Removing the sidecast barrier material also could facilitate passage of rainbow trout through the reach to access spawning and rearing habitat and the portion of the spring-water fed thermal refugia that are upstream of the sidecast barrier. 2007, Klamath Hydroelectric Project, FERC Project No. 2080-027, Oregon and California:
    • In areas of moderate slopes, recontouring can be accomplished by salvaging sidecast deposited during road construction. 1994, Lamefoot Mine Environmental Impact Statement, Supplement to the Kettle River Key Project Expansion:
    • The site does not conflict with the proposed road right-of-way, but could be indirectly impacted by sidecast or disturbance of hydrologic flow. Sidecast would impact the site by permanently disturbing habitat and/or eliminating plants. 1997, Final Environmental Impact Statement: Umpqua National Forest (N.F.), Stewart Mining Operation:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting.
    • Accordingly, alternative dredge plants were analyzed, including pipeline, hopper, and the conventional sidecast dredge. 1979, Lockwoods Folly Inlet: Environmental Impact Statement, page 35:
  3. (countable, uncountable) A type of reel with a spool that rotates on a fixed base through 90 degrees to allow sidecasting.
    • Giving the design even more of an Aussie edge, the name of the largest Australian manufacturer of sidecasts — Alvey — has become a generic title for this type of reel, just as Esky has come to mean insulated cooler. 2010, Steve Starling, Fishing For Dummies, →ISBN:
    • When fishing for drummer off the rocks with a sidecast reel, have the drag set at about 50 per cent of the breaking strain to start with. 2005, Gary Brown, Beach and Rock Fishing, →ISBN:
  4. (countable, uncountable) A calculation or figure that is listed in a table beside a drawing that gives a value which cannot be read directly from the drawing.
    • Calculate the 'sidecasts' that are likely to be used, e.g. centre lines, floor to ceiling heights, room dimensions. 2013, Sean D. C. Ostrowski, Measurement using the New Rules of Measurement, →ISBN:
    • The first sub-column is used as a factor column, the second for take-off figures, the third for extensions, the fourth for locations, and the fifth for sidecasts. 1999, Paul K. Marsden, Basic Building Measurement, →ISBN, page 12:

Forms

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side cast alternative lexicographic
side-cast alternative lexicographic
sidecasts Number=Plur lexicographic

sidecast en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

From side + cast.

Meanings

  1. To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
    • Areas where sidecasting would be done are typically steep. 1997, Juneau Access Improvements: Environmental Impact Statement:
    • According to the record, this piece of equipment rides on tracks (similar to a bulldozer) rather than on wheels, and it sidecasts excavated material directly into a dump truck. 2005, United States Environmental Protection Agency: Environmental Appeals Board, Environmental administrative decisions:
    • The dragline sidecasts material into a 'wet' stockpile located on-shore, immediately adjacent to the excavation. 1976, Barbers Point Harbor, Oahu: Environmental Impact Statement:
  2. To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
    • I bait his hook with a plump and squirmy shrimp. With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots. 2015, Ana Veciana-Suarez, Birthday Parties in Heaven, →ISBN:

Forms

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side-cast alternative lexicographic
side cast alternative lexicographic
sidecasting Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sidecasted Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
sidecasted Tense=Past common, error-unknown-tag, proscribed, sometimes lexicographic
sidecast Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
sidecast Tense=Past lexicographic
sidecasts Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic