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A specially designed plaster cast incorporating hinges and other brace components and used in the treatment of fractures to promote activity and joint motion.

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Castaneda, castanet, castanets, castaway, cast back, cast brace, cast doubt on, cast down, caste, Castel Gandolfo, Castellammare di Stabia

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Obviously, not all the original cast can come back or even have the desire.
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As the months passed and she began to cast the film, I became increasingly excited.
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It cast this pall over the movie, which was one of my favorites of last year.
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Heat the vegetable oil in a large, high-sided cast iron skillet.
Make Carla Hall’s Crispy Shallot Green Bean Casserole|Carla Hall|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

He cast her as Hope, an ex-addict with an impressive pair of fake chompers—the result of years of drug abuse.
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They are so rich in harmony, so weird, so wild, that when you hear them you are like a sea-weed cast upon the bosom of the ocean.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The motherly woman received the babe instinctively and cast aside the travelling-rug in which he was enveloped.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Now, the whole Northwest groaned beneath a cast-iron prohibition law at that time, and for some years thereafter.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Mrs. Newbolt was looking away toward the hills, a dreamy cast in her placid face.
The Bondboy|George W. (George Washington) Ogden
He was cast down to think that he might have spared himself the trouble of donning his beautiful yellow doublet from Paris.
St. Martin's Summer|Rafael Sabatini

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