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▪ I. † ˈdiapery, ˈdiapry, n. Obs.
[f. diaper, after collective nouns in -ery; in sense 1 perh. ad. OF. diaspré, diapré ‘diapered (stuff)’.]
1. = diaper n. 1.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 193 Cover þy cuppeborde of thy ewery with the towelle of diapery.
2. Diaper-work; fig. variegated face (of the earth).
1633Earl of Manchester Al Mondo (1636) 119 The little Bee, so soone as flowers spring, goes abroad, views the gay Diapery.
▪ II. † ˈdiapery, ˈdiapry, a. Obs.
[f. diaper n. + -y1: cf. papery, wintry.]
Of the nature of diaper or diaper-work; chequered with various colouring.
1598Sylvester Du Bartas ii. i. Handie-crafts 654 The diapry mansions where man-kinde doth trade Were built in six dayes. Ibid. ii. ii. Colonies 428 They lie neerer the diapry verges Of tear-bridge Tigris swallow-swifter surges. |