Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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†CALCUL, CALCULE, n. Calculation; estimate.Sc. 1709 Compend of Rights 99:
The Sum of etc. as for the Principal (saving a just Calcul).Sc. 1731 R. Wodrow Analecta (M.C.) IV. 286:
The medium of Ministers' living, by a common calcule, will scarcely be above twelve or fifteen years.Sc. 1754 J. Erskine Princ. Law Scot. 456:
Decrees . . . founded on an error in calcul.ne.Sc. 1924 I. F. Grant Old Highland Farm 1769–1782 276:
A just calcule.
