ˈfigure-ˌcasting, vbl. n.
The action or practice of casting a figure (see cast v. 39).
| 1600 Abp. Abbot Exp. Jonah 287 Figure casting..to judge of nativities..is a lying vanity. 1625 Hart Anat. Ur. ii. xi. 123 Figure-casting, with a world of other forbidden trash. 1868 Milman St. Paul's 299 Foolish fears..from the..opposition of planets, and from figure-casting. |