Sc. Obs. = CALCULUS 1. Also attrib. in felt-gravel.
c. 1520. A. Myln, Vitæ Dunkeld. eccl. episcop. (Bann. Clb.), 47. Calculo (quem lie felt vulgo dicebant) depressus.
a. 1605. Montgomerie, Flyting w. Polwart, 313. The frencie, the fluxes, the fyke, and the felt.
a. 1639. Spottiswood, Hist. Ch. Scot. (1655), II. 101. Before his death he was tormented with the Felt gravel, which he bare most patiently, professing that he was glad to endure those pains, as serving to wean his heart and affection from the love of this world.
