CAST OFF
ADJECTIVES
► ABJECTED cast off, rejected, cast down, dispirited → 1633 obs.
► OFF-KESSEN cast off → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SHEDDED cast off, fallen → 1818
NOUNS
► ABJECTION that which is cast off or away; refuse, scum, dregs → 1447 obs.
► LEFT-OFF cast-off → M19 sl.
VERBS
► ABJECTATE to cast off, to throw off or away, to cast out, to exclude, to reject → c1475 obs.
► SEND ONE A MITTEN to cast one off; to reject one → 1836 Eng. dial.
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