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gemmery|ˈdʒɛmərɪ|
Also gemmary.
[f. gem n. + -ery; in sense 1 perh. f. Lat. type *gemmārium: see -ary.]
†1. A jewel-house. Obs.
1656Blount Glossogr., Gemmery, a Jewel house, or place to keep Gemms in, a Cabinet. 1721Bailey, Gemmary.
2. Gems as an object of connoisseurship. rare.
1840Poe Cask of Amontillado Wks. 1864 I. 346 In painting and gemmary Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack. |