† contabulationn.
Obsolete. rare.
‘A joining of boards together; a boarding, a floor’ (Johnson). In quot. 1615 figurative.
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1615 H. Crooke Μικροκοσμογραϕια 15 In the admirable contabulation or composition of the whole.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Contabulation, a joyning of Boards together, a boarding or planking; a Floor, a Timber-Frame.
1721 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict.
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