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▪ I. † ˈarbory, n. Obs.
[See the separate senses.]
1. Growth of trees or shrubs; timber, wood, coppice. [a. OF. arboirie, ‘pousse d'arbres’ Godef.]
1366Mandeville xxiv. 256 In that Contree is but Lytille Arberye. c1440Morte Arth. 3245 Enhorilde with arborye and alkyns trees.
2. = arbour. [An assimilation of that to words in -ory, or -ry. Cf. also It. arborata ‘an arbor or bowre of boughs or trees’ (Florio 1598), of which the Fr. equivalent would be arborée.]
1600Hakluyt Voy. (1810) III. 335 Their houses are made of round poles..as is used in many arbories in our gardens. 1695Kennett Par. Antiq. ix. 610 Sheds or Arbories, made up with branches and boughs of trees.
3. A place where trees are cultivated; an orchard. [App. f. L. arbor after words like rectory, armory.]
1792D. Lloyd Voy. Life 96 Yon celestial arbory, where fruits Ambrosial blush unfading tints.
▪ II. † ˈarbory, a. Obs. rare—1.
[ad. L. arborius, variant of arboreus.]
= arboreal.
1572J. Bossewell Armorie ii. 118 b, He beareth Azure, iij. Gees arborie Dargent. [Cf. anatiferous.] |