Euclidn.
/ˈjuːklɪd/, U.S. /ˈjuˌklɪd/ A mathematician of Alexandria who flourished about 300 b.c. (a) the works of Euclid, esp. the Elements (cf. Euclid's Elements at element n. 14b); (b) a copy of the same.
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1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xli. 243 [He] gaue them a number of Euclides of his owne coast.
1665 J. Sergeant Sure-footing in Christianity 163 To study my Book with that severity as they would do an Euclid.
1845 J. Stoddart Gram. in Encycl. Metrop. (1847) I. 42/1 When we read Euclid, we find neither first person nor second in any part of his whole Work.
1891 N.E.D. at Euclid Mod. We don't approve of symbolical Euclids. They were examined in Algebra and Euclid.
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