offcast
offcast · offcasts
That which is rejected as uselessThat which is rejected as useless.
Meaning
1 sensesThat which is rejected as useless.
Origin
From Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“toFrom Middle English ofcasten, equivalent to off- + cast. Cognate with Danish afkaste (“to shed”), Swedish avkasta (“to crop, throw off, yield”). The noun is possibly derived from Middle English ofcast (“the refuse of plants”).
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