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Webster 1913 Edition


Promptuary

Promp′tu-a-ry

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to preparation.
[R.]
Bacon.

Promp′tu-a-ry

,
Noun.
[L.
promptuarium
, fr.
promptuarius
belonging to distribution, distributing: cf, F.
promptuaire
. See
Prompt
,
Adj.
]
That from which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.
Woodward.

Webster 1828 Edition


Promptuary

PROMPT'UARY

,
Noun.
[L. promptuarium.] That form which supplies are drawn; a storehouse; a magazine; a repository.

Definition 2024


promptuary

promptuary

English

Noun

promptuary (plural promptuaries)

  1. (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.

Adjective

promptuary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Of or relating to preparation.
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