8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.
9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a peculiar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope.
An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure.
Prior.
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought.
Shak.