单词 | managery |
释义 | † manageryn. Obsolete. 1. a. The management or administration of a household, farm, etc.; domestic economy. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration > domestic management housewifeship?c1225 cove and keyc1250 husbandryc1300 economica1393 ménagea1393 householda1398 householdinga1425 housewifery1440 economyc1454 economics1535 house rule1579 householdry1581 managery1586 housekeeping1652 household management1741 notability1756 homebuilding1757 domestic economy1778 Wirtschaft1841 homekeeping1846 housecraft1848 homemaking1863 home economics1872 home science1886 household science1896 domestic science1897 1586 in Lett. & Papers Ld. Gray (1835) App. xiii Grantis to Patrick Maister of Gray an full dischairdge of all gould, jowells, claithing, or any vther our menagerie. 1633 J. Done tr. ‘Aristeas’ Aunc. Hist. Septuagint 74 The Peasants therefore are very carefull..in their Labours and Menagery, by reason whereof..the Region is all planted with fruite Trees. 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. iv. iii. 200 The next step of Natures Managery, relates chiefly to the Growth of the Seed when it is sow'n. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) I. i. xxvi. 185/1 These Men that thus spake against the Managery of this Hospital. a1734 R. North Life F. North (1742) 133 And with all this Menagery and Provision, no one..could observe any Thing more to do there, than in any other Nobleman's House. 1740 Countess of Pomfret Let. 20 Dec. in Corr. Countess of Hartford & Countess of Pomfret (1805) II. 214 The sacred cells, and all the managery Of holy nuns in their retreats, I see. 1757 H. Walpole Let. 4 July (1857) III. 88 The happiness of the menagerie does not depend upon administrations or victories! b. The judicious use of resources; thrift, economy. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management housewifeship?c1225 husbandryc1390 thriftiness1552 thrift?1553 housewifery1557 housewifeliness1561 husbanding1591 mesnagery1653 managery1658 mesnage1667 economy1670 scrimping1835 1658 R. Moray Let. 21 Jan. f. 12 As to your menagery you [being thriftless] put me in mind of one that you little think of. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. ii. vii. 280 There is also required good menagery, or making your penny go further then another mans. 1705 G. Stanhope Paraphr. Epist. & Gospels II. 410 Managery is an Ornament and an Advantage to our Charity. 1705 N. Tate Triumph 25 They blest the Managry of those Supplies. 2. Medical treatment or care. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > [noun] leechcraftc888 lechningc1000 leechingc1000 physicc1385 cure1393 medication?a1425 medicament?a1525 medicinary1538 managery1597 treatment1744 therapy1846 therapeusis1853 medicamentation1885 magneto-therapy1889 1597 King James VI & I Daemonologie (1924) 19 To answere to such demands as concernes curing of disseases, their own particular menagery. 1697 R. Pierce Bath Mem. i. ix. 213 The Cautious and orderly Managery of Women..in bathing, and drinking these Waters, have such..successful Effects. 3. The function or office of manager or administrator; managership. ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration dispositionc1374 ministrationc1390 disposing1406 procuration?a1425 guidingc1425 economy?1440 conduct1454 solicitation1492 regimenta1500 mayning1527 enterprisea1533 handlinga1538 conduction1565 manyment1567 disposure1569 conveyance1572 managing1579 disposement1583 government1587 carriage1589 manage1591 steerage1597 management1598 steering1599 manurance1604 fixing1605 dispose1611 administry?1616 husbandry1636 dispensatorship1637 admin1641 managery1643 disposal1649 mesnagery1653 contrectation1786 conducting1793 wielding1820 managership1864 operation1872 operating1913 case management1918 society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > manager or administrator > position of administratorship1590 managery1643 managership1817 1643 P. Heylyn Rebells Catech. 14 Men who..ingrossed unto themselves the principal managery of the Common-wealth. 1650 R. Stapleton tr. F. Strada De Bello Belgico v. 137 This Expedient was committed to the managerie of a Spanish Merchant. 1660 E. Waterhouse Disc. Arms & Armory 152 In affaires of warre and peace, in Manadgery of Ecclesiastical, Civil, Naval and Land Trusts. 1744 R. North & M. North Life Sir D. North & Rev. J. North 150 He thought that, in such a Managery, there was so much of Trust, that, of Necessity, they must be, more or less, cheated. 4. Cunning or adroit behaviour or manipulation; a cunning scheme, device, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > cunning > [noun] > management or contrivance conveyance1531 convoyance1578 managery1646 management1667 joukery-cookery1822 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica vii. xvi. 371 However husbanded by Art, and the wisest menagery of that most subtile impostor. View more context for this quotation 1679 E. Everard Disc. Protestant Princes 9 If France had not..been assured by his managery and tampering with some corrupt Ministers of that Crown, that [etc.]. 1689 J. Tutchin Bloody Assizes 25 My Lords Threats and other Managery, so disposed the Jury, that..they brought the Lady in Guilty. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. iv. §17. 241 Bedloe held him in Hand so craftily, that, at last, he got him fast in the Trap. It was a nice Managery, and may be shewed for a Pattern. 5. The art of handling or using a weapon, tool, etc. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > use or control > [noun] handlinga1250 working?a1425 managing1579 wielding1581 wieldance1634 managery1654 manipulation1801 manoeuvre1834 operation1872 1654 R. Whitlock Ζωοτομία 55 Making Shirts and Smocks for the Poore, and such like Managery of their Needle or Wheele. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety v. 100 No expert General will bring a company of raw untrain'd men into the Field, but will..teach them the ready managery of their Weapons. 1693 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 17 846 This I thought fit to recommend to your Consideration, who do so well understand Telescopes, and the managery of them. 6. Horse Riding. a. Horsemanship; = manage n.2 2b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > horse-breaking or -training managea1586 managery1685 school1705 schooling1753 manège1768 backing1783 lunging1833 horse-taming1836 dressage1912 1685 C. Cotton tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. (1711) I. i. xxxviii. 347 In Menagery, Study, Hunting and all other Exercises, Men are to proceed to the utmost Limits of Pleasure. b. A place for training or exercising horses; = manage n.2 2c. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > riding school riding house1631 manage1655 riding schoola1680 manège1705 school1705 managery1782 1782 J. Adams Diary 26 Oct. (1961) III. 36 The Managery, where they exercise the Horses is near the end of the Stables. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2000; most recently modified version published online September 2021). < |
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