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Definition: Overcasting |
OvercastingNoun1. A long whip stitch or overhand stitch overlying an edge to prevent raveling. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
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Industry | A slanting long loose stitch used to finish raw edges on fabric that ravels easily. On a lapped seam, overcast both edges together. On a plain seam which is pressed open, overcast each edge. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A procedure used in certain mining activities including strip mining and in some heavy construction work such as channel excavation. Overcasting may be performed in a simple operation consisting of digging out the material, lifting it from one position, moving it over, and dumping it in the spoil position where it remains, for practical purposes, indefinitely. The mechanics of the operation are called "simple overcasting.". (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: OvercastingSynonym: overcast (n). (additional references) |
| Language | Translations for "overcasting"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Chinese | 覆盖 (Blanketed, Blanketing, Clouded, Clouding, mantled, Mantling, Overlaying, Sheeted, sheeting, Shrouded, shrouding). (various references) | ||||
French | point de surfil. (various references) | ||||
German | trübung (cloudiness, clouding, dampening, dulling, marring, mist, nebula, opacity of lens, ruffling, spoiling, straining). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | overcastingay | ||||
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Words beginning with "overcasting": overcastings. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-g-i-n-o-r-s-t-v" | |
-1 letter: overacting. | |
-2 letters: anoretics, cavorting, contrives, corseting, coverings, creations, escorting, gravitons, grievants, invocates, navicerts, orangiest, ravigotes, reactions, recasting, sectoring, vectoring, veronicas, vintagers. | |
-3 letters: aconites, acrogens, agnostic, agrestic, ancestor, angriest, anoretic, argentic, astringe, aversion, averting, canister, canoeist, carotins, carvings, catering, centavos, ceratins, cigarets, cisterna, coagents, coasting, coatings, cognates, coinages, cointers, conative, congrats, contrive, converts, coreigns. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-g-i-n-o-r-s-t-v" | |
+1 letter: overcastings. | |
+3 letters: coinvestigator, conservatizing. | |
+4 letters: coinvestigators, overabstracting, overspeculating, prognosticative. | |
+5 letters: magnetostrictive, overcompensating. | |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001111 01110110 01100101 01110010 01100011 01100001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01101110 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)O v e r c a s t i n g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004F 0076 0065 0072 0063 0061 0073 0074 0069 006E 0067 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4988718469678586758073 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , Chinois, Chinesisch |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | 法國 , 法文 , 法語 , 法语, français, französisch |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | 德语, 德國 , 德文 , 德語 , allemand |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , anglais, englisch |
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