"A table or tray strewn with sand anciently used for drawing calculating etc."
How to pronounce abacus in English
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"A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires or counters in grooves the lowest line representing units the second line tens etc. It is still employed in China."
"The uppermost member or division of the capital of a column immediately under the architrave. See Column."
"A tablet panel or compartment in ornamented or mosaic work."
"A board tray or table divided into perforated compartments for holding cups bottles or the like; a kind of cupboard buffet or sideboard."