Sekirov Dictionary

sidecast

noun 4
verb 2
forms 3

noun4

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Debris left next to a construction site from sidecasting.
- In areas of moderate slopes, recontouring can be accomplished by salvaging sidecast deposited during road construction. — 1994
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A type of reel with a spool that rotates on a fixed base through 90 degrees to allow sidecasting.
- When fishing for drummer off the rocks with a sidecast reel, have the drag set at about 50 per cent of the breaking strain to start with. — 2005
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A mode of using a suction dredge that sidecasts the material that is dredged up using a pipeline to the bank or by jetting.
- Accordingly, alternative dredge plants were analyzed, including pipeline, hopper, and the conventional sidecast dredge. — 1979
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A calculation or figure that is listed in a table beside a drawing that gives a value which cannot be read directly from the drawing.
- The first sub-column is used as a factor column, the second for take-off figures, the third for extensions, the fourth for locations, and the fifth for sidecasts. — 1999

verb2

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To eject waste material that has been excavated or dredged to the side, rather than hauling it away.
- The dragline sidecasts material into a 'wet' stockpile located on-shore, immediately adjacent to the excavation. — 1976
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To cast a fishing line at an angle of 90 degrees using a special type of reel that rotates on its rod.
- I bait his hook with a plump and squirmy shrimp. With one arm, he sidecasts between two spindly roots. — 2015

forms

sidecasted · sidecasting · sidecasts

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