cast (v.)

cast (v.)

See fig. 549.

In the sculptural context, the verb refers to pouring a slurry or liquefied material (e.g., plaster, wax, metal) into a hollow matrix or that will determine the shape of the material in order to produce a .

Sources

Cultural Heritage:

Historical: ;

Copper Industry: ;

General Dictionary: https:​/​/​www​.merriam​-webster​.com​/dictionary​/cast [definition 4]

Synonym

  • Source: Copper Industry:

Translations

French: couler

Opération consistant à fabriquer un objet par fonderie. Plus généralement, exécuter une opération de .

Sources

Cultural Heritage: , 70; , 558; ;

Copper Industry: ;

Historical: , 7:80–81, entry « fondre »

Art and Craft Textbook: , 268

Alternate Translations

German: gießen

Sources

; ;

Italian: gettare

Foundry-specific term that relates to the pouring of metal

Sources

, under gettare; , under gettare [definition 28, vol. 6, 719]

Alternate Translations

  • buttare

    Literally “to throw”

    Source: , under buttare

  • colare

    A more general term that can be used to specify the pouring of plaster, wax, or molten metal.

    Source: , under colare

  • fondere

    Used in reference to the melting of the metal

    Sources: , under fondere; , under fondere; , fol. 150r

  • gittare

    Early Italian spelling of gettare

    Sources: , fol. 143r; , fols. 89vff

Chinese: 铸造

Sources

, 1831; TNATD