helicometryn.
/hɛlɪˈkɒmɪtri/ Geometry.
The measurement of spirals.
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1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Helicometry, or Helicosophy, a Mathematical Art, which teaches how to measure or draw all Spiral Lines upon a Plain, and shews their respective Properties.
1811 Encycl. Londinensis (at cited word)
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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n.1706- to cast the riddle and shears
- to cast their heads
- to cast their heads together
- to cast to mischance
- to cast to the dogs
- to cast under foot
- to cast up
- to cast up a gamond
- to cast up one's accounts
- to cast up, heave, spue up, vomit one's gorge
- to cast water
- to cast, chase, drive, hunt, scare, etc a person out of house and home
- to cast, chase, drive, hunt, scare, etc out of house and home
- to cast, erect, set a figure
- to cast, fet, fetch, go, take a compass
- to cast, fling, etc an old shoe after
- to cast, fling, etc an old shoe after a person
- to cast, heave the lead
- to cast, lay a scheme
- to cast, put, or throw the stone
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon a person
- to cast, put, throw a slur on or upon a thing
- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon
- to cast, put, throw etc a slur on or upon a person