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† pionery Obs.
Also 6 -arie.
[a. OF. pionnerie, pionerie (1332 in Godef.), f. pion(n)ier pioneer.]
a. The work or business of a (military) pioneer.
b. The tools collectively of a pioneer. Also fig. or allusively.
1562Leigh Armorie 14 The significations of this colour Sable..with Or, honor with long lyfe..with Sanguine, prosperous in Pionarie. 1650W. Brough Sacr. Princ. (1659) 228 The art is his pionery to undermine gluttony. 1654Gayton Pleas. Notes ii. i. 33 Chirurgions..with..tooth-pick-axes, tooth-mattocks, and all manner of mouth-Pionery. |