arithmetic (n.) Old form(s): Arithmetick, Arithmeticke
calculation, computation, reckoning
Cor III.i.244[Cominius to Coriolanus] 'tis odds beyond arithmetic [i.e. they are by far greater in numbers]
Ham V.ii.114[Hamlet to Osrick, of Laertes] to divide him inventorially would dizzy th'arithmetic of memory [i.e. mental arithmetic]
RJ III.i.102[Mercutio to Romeo, of Tybalt] a villain, that fights by the book of arithmetic! [i.e. he does it by numbers]
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