promptuary

noun 2adj 1

Definitions

noun

1

A magazine, repository, or handbook.

2

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.

adj

1

Of or relating to preparation.

such things as frequently happen and come in dispute ; and this we call the promptuary way

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