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| Expression | 1. A primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff , from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation.[Websters]. | |
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Common Expressions: CLOG ALMANAC
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| Clog almanac | A primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff , from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary. | ||
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Specialty Expressions: CLOG ALMANAC
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| Clog Almanac | Literature | A primitive almanac or calendar, originally made of a "clog," or log of wood, with four faces or parallelograms, the sharp edge of each face or side was divided by notches into three months, every week being marked by a big notch. The face left of the notched edge contained the saints' days, the festivals, the phases of the moon, and so on in Runic characters, whence the "clog" was also called a Runic staff. These curiosities are not uncommon, and specimens may be seen in the British Museum, the Bodleian (Oxford), the Ashmolean Museum, St. John's (Cambridge), the Cheetham Library (Manchester), and other places both at home and abroad. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. | |
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