Meanings
verb
- gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of cypher
nouncyphering (plural cypherings)
plural cypherings
- Skill in arithmetic.
That knows the law, and writes you six fair hands, Is a fine clerk, and has his cyphering perfect.
1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist, act I, scene 1L
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