单词 | calking |
释义 | † calkingn.1 Obsolete. 1. Calculation, computation. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > arithmetic > [noun] arithmeticc1305 numbera1398 calking1398 arsmetryc1454 arith.1600 ciphering1611 epilogisma1646 logistic1656 tale-craft1674 denumeration1851 sums1877 arithmic1879 Peano arithmetic1903 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollemache MS.) (1495) viii. xxvii Þe science and use of calkynge [1535 calclynge; L. calculi] and acountes. 2. spec. Astrological prognostication. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > [noun] > calculation calkingc1400 c1400 Epiph. in W. B. D. D. Turnbull Visions of Tundale (1843) 103 Ych yere wer certeyn dayes three By calkyng cast and computacion Sowght and chosen. 1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid ix. Bb ij To king Turnus deere he calkinges kest. But not with calking craft could he his plague beswitch that day. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019). > as lemmasˈcalking ˈcalking n. also attributive, as in calking-anvil, an anvil for forming horseshoe calks, calking-tongs for sharpening these. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > shoeing of horses > [noun] > studding to prevent slipping frosting1515 calking1695 roughing1800 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Calciatura The calking or cauking of horseshoes, i.e. to turn up the two corners, that a horse may stand the faster upon ice. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Feb. 4/1 Colonel Myles's system was the exact opposite of the much-practised ‘calking’. ˈcalking ˈcalking n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > drawing > [noun] > copying by calking calking1859 1859 T. J. Gullick & J. Timbs Painting 147 Transferred by tracing, or, as it is also called, calking. < n.11398 as lemmas |
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