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† ˈkempery Obs. rare.
[f. prec.: see -ery.]
The practice of kemping or fighting. Only in kempery-man = kemp n.1 1.
a1765King Estmere liv. in Child Ballads iii. lx. (1885) 54/1 Downe then came the kemperye man. Ibid. lxvi, Up then rose the kemperye men. [1865Kingsley Herew. (1867) I. 77, I knew you would turn Viking and kemperyman.] |