“figure、flinger”的英文意思_释义_用法

单词

figure-flinger

释义

ˈfigure-ˌflinger
A contemptuous synonym of figure-caster 1.
1587Fleming Contn. Holinshed III. 1271 Simon Penbrooke..a figureflinger, and vehementlie suspected to be a coniurer.1652–62Heylin Cosmogr. iii. (1674) 113/1 Every Astrologaster or Figure-flinger was called a chaldean.1712Hearne Collect. (Oxf. Hist. Soc.) III. 407 Mr. Gadbury the Figure Flinger mentions the Custom in one of his Almanacks.
So ˈfigure-ˌflinging vbl. n. = figure-casting.
a1625Boys Wks. (1629) 734 Not by starre-gazing, or figure-flinging, or conjuring, or any curious act.1652Gaule Magastrom. 60 A fantasticall figure-flinging.1723Hearne in Rem. 1 July (ed. 2) II. 165 Being much addicted to astrology, he gave over his trade and set up the trade of figure flinging and publishing of almanacks.

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