a. Chronol. [f. EMBOLISM + -IC.] = EMBOLISMAL.
1736. Bailey, Embolismic, intercalary;
1775. Ash, Embolismic, belonging to an embolism, intercalary.
1871. J. Fowler, in Archæol., XLIV. 146. The signs and symbols of the thirteen months of the Anglo-Saxon embolismic year.
1876. Prayer-bk. Interleaved, 51. All but one of the additional or embolismic lunations.
1877. Bp. S. Butcher, Eccles. Cal., 59.
Hence † Embolismical a. Obs.–0 = prec.
1736. in Bailey.
1775. in Ash.
