upcast

Directed or thrown upward.

Something cast upward.

A ventilating shaft, as in a mine.

To cast or throw up.

Cast up: a term used in bowling.

Thrown or turned upward; directed up: as, upcast eyes.

The act of casting or hurling upward, or the state of being cast upward; also, that which is cast upward; an upthrow.

In bowling, a cast; a throw.

In mining, the shaft or passage of any kind through which the air is taken out of a mine; the out-take: the opposite of downcast (which see) and downtake.

An upward current of air passing through a shaft or the like.