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▪ I. pewtery, n. rare.|ˈpjuːtərɪ|
[f. pewter + -y.]
a. Pewter utensils collectively.
b. An apartment in a house, in which the pewter is kept.
1645Inv. of Kimbolton in Dk. Manchester Crt. & Soc. Eliz. to Anne (1864) I. 374 Pewtery. 1864Duke of Manchester Ibid. I. 368 There is an array of pewtery which suggests an idea of a spectacle next in brilliancy to a silversmith's. Ibid. 373 Seven dozen of trenchers in the pantry, and the pewter chargers and dishes in the Pewtery.
▪ II. ˈpewtery, a.
[f. pewter + -y.]
Of the nature of, or characteristic of, pewter.
1864in Webster. |