▪ I. † ˈcalcule, n. Obs.
Also 7 calcull, 8 calcul.
[a. F. calcul in same sense, ad. L. calculus: see below.]
= calculation.
| 1601 Holland Pliny xviii. xxix, According to the calcull of others, the true reason and cause is this. 1682 Wheler Journ. Greece i. 20 He is much mistaken in the Calcule, both of its Longitude and Latitude. 1718 Wodrow Corr. (1843) II. 407, I design..to..bring the matter to a close calcule with the printers. 1754 Erskine Princ. Sc. Law (1809) 480 Decrees..founded on an error in calcul. |
▪ II. † ˈcalcule, v. Obs.
Forms: 4 calculen, calclen, 5 calkule, -el, -ylle, 5–6 -il(l, 4–6 calcule.
[? a. F. calcule-r in same sense, ad. L. calculā-re: see calculate.]
To reckon; = calculate v.
| 1377 Langl. P. Pl. B. xv. 364 Of þat was calculed of þe element þe contrarie þei fynde. c 1380 Wyclif Serm. xxix. Sel. Wks. I. 75 Þei traveilen in veyn þat calculen þat, etc. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls Ser.) II. 237 He calcleþ and accounteþ þe ages of þe world by þowsendes. 1496 Dives & Paup. (W. de W.) i. xxv. 62/1 They that calculen & casten yeres, dayes & monethes. 1549 Compl. Scot. 167 Quha can calkil the degreis of kyn & blude. 1559 H. Balnavis Let. in Keith Hist. Aff. Sc. App. 44 You may calkill what twa thousand futemen..will tak monethlie. |