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ˈfigure-ˌcaster
†1. One who practises the casting of figures (see cast v. 39 and figure n. 14); ‘a pretender to astrology’ (J.). Obs.
1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xi. xxi. 169 The vaine and trifling tricks of figure-casters. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. (1851) 306, I, by this figure-caster must be imagin'd in..distresse.
2. One who casts up figures (see figure n. 19).
1831Scott Ct. Rob. vii, Movable troops for which this figure-caster [the Logothete] makes no allowance. 1880Swinburne Stud. Shaks. i. (ed. 2) 10 A whole tribe of finger-counters and figure-casters. |