Obs. [a. F. formule, ad. L. formula: see FORMULA.]
1. = FORMULA.
1677. Gale, Crt. Gentiles, IV. 164. A wel-governed Republic is bounded by the formule of certain Laws, which prescribe the Offices both of Rulers and Ruled, and compel each to live accordingly.
1773. Gentl. Mag., XLIII. 170/1. The first trial of this formule was on the observations from whence he had deduced it, of which he gives a table for each station.
2. ? A little form or shape.
1829. Young Lady’s Bk., 469. A series of frames, or formules, is obtained, each of them having apertures, through which the whole of some one colour can be laid on the paper. The principal formule is to be placed on a piece of London drawing-board, and the colour applied with a flat Poonah brush.
