figure-castern.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: figure n., caster n.

Etymology: < figure n. + caster n.In sense 1 after to cast a figure at cast v. 39a; compare figure-flinger n. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfigure-ˌcaster.

†1. One who practises the casting of figures (see cast v. 39 and figure n. 14); ‘a pretender to astrology’ (Johnson). Obsolete.

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the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > [noun] > person

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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. xxi. 210 The vaine and trifling trickes of figure-casters.

1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 I, by this figure-caster must be imagin'd in..distresse.

2. One who casts up figures (see figure n. 19).

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the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers

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1831 W. Scott Count Robert vii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 207 Moveable troops, for which this figure-caster [sc. the Logothete] makes no allowance.

1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) i. 10 A whole tribe of finger-counters and figure-casters.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021).

单词	figure-caster
释义	figure-castern. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: figure n., caster n. Etymology: < figure n. + caster n.In sense 1 after to cast a figure at cast v. 39a; compare figure-flinger n. Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈfigure-ˌcaster. †1. One who practises the casting of figures (see cast v. 39 and figure n. 14); ‘a pretender to astrology’ (Johnson). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > the universe > astrology > judicial astrology > [noun] > person astrologera1382 castera1382 astronomera1387 planetist1509 horoscoper1561 figure-caster1584 figure-flinger1587 philomath1611 judiciary1618 planetary1625 astromancer1652 astromantic1652 configurator1652 horoscopist1652 planetarian1652 Babylonian1677 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xi. xxi. 210 The vaine and trifling trickes of figure-casters. 1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 43 I, by this figure-caster must be imagin'd in..distresse. 2. One who casts up figures (see figure n. 19). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > number > mathematical number or quantity > [noun] > one who works with numbers accountera1400 arithmetician1557 reckonmaster1570 computator1591 summer1598 computer1613 counter-castera1616 computant1621 accountant1622 logistic1633 numerist1646 cipherera1648 arithmetic1652 computor1669 figure-caster1831 cruncher1971 1831 W. Scott Count Robert vii, in Tales of my Landlord 4th Ser. I. 207 Moveable troops, for which this figure-caster [sc. the Logothete] makes no allowance. 1880 A. C. Swinburne Study of Shakespeare (ed. 2) i. 10 A whole tribe of finger-counters and figure-casters. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1584
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