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figuring

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figuring [′fig·yər·iŋ]
(optics)
Grinding or polishing of surfaces of optical components to remove aberrations.


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I'll keep my word, but when a body gets to figuring and sees all that can be built with that same money, it seems mighty foolish to put it into something that you don't really need.
Now give me the circular, and let's do some figuring.
Bob Cass was figuring in a hornpipe, and his father, very proud of this lithe son, whom he repeatedly declared to be just like himself in his young days in a tone that implied this to be the very highest stamp of juvenile merit, was the centre of a group who had placed themselves opposite the performer, not far from the upper door.
 
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