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单词 gemmery
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gemmeryn.

/ˈdʒɛməri/
Forms: Also gemmary.
Etymology: < gem n.1 + -ery suffix; in sense 1 perhaps < Latin type *gemmārium : see -ary suffix1.
1. A jewel-house. Obsolete.
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society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > for jewels
jewel house1445
gemmery1656
jewel office1661
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Gemmery, a Jewel house, or place to keep Gemms in, a Cabinet.
1721 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Gemmary.
2. Gems as an object of connoisseurship. rare.
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1840 E. A. Poe Cask of Amontillado in Wks. (1864) I. 346 In painting and gemmary Fortunato, like his countrymen, was a quack.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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