ciphering

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These two sorts of cyphering make idecation—and you may depend on't Squire, there is nothing like folks cyphering, if they want to "go ahead."

From The Clockmaker — or, the Sayings and Doings of Samuel Slick, of Slickville by Haliburton, Thomas Chandler

I guess you ain't either on you done much cyphering human nature.

From Our American Cousin by Taylor, Tom

The children, who receive instruction in writing, cyphering, and needlework, pay a small pittance, which is placed in the school fund.

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume I (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous

"Emerson says," said Buckingham, "men are ever lapsing into a beggarly habit in which everything that is not cyphering is hustled out of sight, and I think he is right."

From A Romance of Toronto A Novel by Savigny, Annie Gregg

Mademoiselle Genseigne, who is very clever, is teaching her little pupils cyphering.

From Child Life In Town And Country 1909 by Allinson, A. R. (Alfred Richard)