单词 | artificery |
释义 | artificeryn. Now archaic. The work of an artificer; (skilled) workmanship. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > contriving or devising crafta1398 artifice1526 contriving1583 hammering1589 contrivement1599 contrival1602 mintage1632 contrivance1644 fabrefaction1652 artificery1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. iii. 38/1 As they [sc. different sorts of habits] are born in their diversity of parts, we shall now proceed to shew you how they are born in whole, both as they pertain to Regallity, Nobility, Gentry, Husbandry, and Artificery. 1829 Q. Rev. Apr. 336 The chief part of the cost of freight paid to the owner of a British vessel is expended in British materials, artificery, and manufactures. 1858 Sc. Rev. 6 246 A ‘Paradise Lost,’ or a Pope's ‘Iliad,’ with their elaborate invention and splendid artificery. 1913 T. Dreiser Traveler at Forty (1920) xxi. 238 It [sc. a church] has a creamish-gray effect, exceedingly ornate, with all the artificery of a jewel box. 2007 G. Caplan Chron. Illumaril v. 99 Every artificer here is a highly trained senior master wizard... In this case, artificery is the creating, enchanting, and imbuing of sorcerous weapons. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1688 |
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