Out"cast` (?), a. [Cf. Sw. utkasta to cast out.]
Cast out; degraded.
"
Outcast, rejected."
Longfellow.
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Out"cast`, n.
1.
One who is cast out or expelled; an exile; one driven from home, society, or country; hence, often, a degraded person; a vagabond.
The Lord . . . gathereth together the outcasts of Israel.
Ps. cxlvii. 2.
2.
A quarrel; a contention.
[Scot.]
Jamieson.
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