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