Associations to the word «Promptuary»

Wiktionary

PROMPTUARY, noun. (arithmetic) A device described in Napier's treatise Rabdologiæ, consisting of a large set of strips used to multiply multi-digit numbers more easily than Napier’s bones.
PROMPTUARY, adjective. (obsolete) Of or relating to preparation.

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