单词 | chandry |
释义 | † chandryn. Obsolete. 1. The place where candles, etc., were kept in a household; = chandlery n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > place where candles are made or stored wax-chandlery1398 chandry1478 chandlery1601 tallow-chandlery1846 society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > room > room by type of use > [noun] > storage room > where candles are kept chandry1478 chandlery1601 1478 Liber Niger in Pegge Cur. Misc. 74 To pantry, buttery, or cellar, spicery, chaundry, or any other office. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 12 §12 The yoman of the chaundrie..shall..haue in redinesse seared clothes, sufficient for the surgeon. 1668 I. Barrow Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) II. 178 One of the yeomen of the chaundry to the king. 1884 Leisure Hour 301/2 The chaundeler..also moulded quarions and morters in the chaundry. 2. Chandlery, small wares. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > article(s) to be sold > [noun] > goods sold by a chandler chandry1650 chandlery1836 1650 W. Davenant Pref. to Gondibert 63 The shops of Chaundry, and slight wares. 3. The feast of Candlemas. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > liturgical year > feast, festival > specific Christian festivals > Candlemas > [noun] Candlemas1014 Saint Mary dayc1300 the Purification (of Our Lady, of the Virgin Mary, etc.)1389 chandry1478 1478 Liber Niger in Pegge Cur. Misc. 100 Two servants..to bear the trumpets, pipes and other instruments..whilst they blow to suppers and other revels at Chaundry. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1478 |
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