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mattery, a.|ˈmætərɪ|
Also 4–7 mattry.
[f. matter n.1 + -y1.]
1. Full of, forming, or discharging matter or pus; purulent.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. ci. (1495) 667 Oleum mirtum..clensyth mattry eerys. 1527Andrew Brunswyke's Distyll. Waters I v a, Impostumes whiche roune of mattery humours and moystoures. 1666J. H. Treat. Gt. Antidote 11 It brought away much mattery substance. 1871G. H. Napheys Prev. & Cure Dis. iii. xiii. 1070 A mattery sore. 1955W. W. Denlinger Compl. Boston i. 152 Small mattery spots on the inside of the thigh..are often the first indication that a dog is suffering from distemper. 1961S. Chaplin Day of Sardine i. 8 This was a sick kitten. Thin as a rake, mattery eyes, scabby eyes.
†2. Full of ‘matter’ or sense. Obs. rare—1.
1601B. Jonson Poetaster iv. v, Away with your Mattery Sentences..; They are to graue and wise, for this meeting. |