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▪ I. † ˈcalking, vbl. n.1 Obs.
[f. calk v.1 + -ing1.]
1. Calculation, computation.
1398Trevisa Barth de P.R. (Tollemache MS.) viii. xxvii, Þe science and use of calkynge [1535 calclynge; Lat. calculi] and acountes.
2. spec. Astrological prognostication.
c1400Epiph. (Turnb. 1843) 103 Ych yere wer certeyn dayes three By calkyng cast and computacion Sowght and chosen. 1562Phaër æneid ix. Bb ij, To king Turnus deere he calkinges kest. But not with calking craft could he his plague beswitch that day.
▪ II. calking vbl. n.2
var. of caulking. |