Middle English Dictionary Entry
abacus n.
Entry Info
| Forms | abacus n. Also abagus. |
| Etymology | L, from Gr. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Abacus, the instrument, and the art of calculating with it.
Associated quotations
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.69 : Girebertus..was þe firste þat took Agabus [!] of Sarsyns, and ȝaf rules þerynne..Abacus is a table wiþ þe whiche schappes beþ portrayed and i-peynt in powdre, and abacus is a craft of geometrie.
- (a1387) Trev.Higd.(StJ-C H.1)7.71 : He made and ȝaf a rule of abacus.