sagittaryn.adj.
/ˈsadʒɪtəri/ A. n.† 1. Astronomy. = Sagittarius n. 1. Obsolete.† 4. A daric, because the figure of an archer was stamped on one side. Obsolete. rare.Cf. Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2, 1638) 230, referring to Plutarch Agesilaus.
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the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Sagittarius
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archer1594
the world > the universe > celestial sphere > zone of celestial sphere > particular signs > [noun] > Sagittarius
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1413 Pilgr. Sowle (1483) v. xi. 102 The sonne entred the sygne of Sagitary that is the Archer.
?1536 R. Copland Hye Way to Spyttell Hous sig. Aiij Scorpio, pisces, or sagyttary.
1641 Wits Recreations (new ed.) X 8 b If thou wouldst please the lasse that thou dost marry The signe must ever be in Sagittary.
1683 T. Tryon Way to Health (1697) xxi. 445 Being under the Dominion of Jupiter and Mercury, in the Sign Sagitary.
1788 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall IV. xliii. 322 While the sun was in Capricorn, another comet appeared to follow in the Sagitary.
2.
a. A centaur; spec. the centaur who according to medieval romance fought in the Trojan army, against the Greeks.
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the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > hybrid creature or monster > [noun] > of classical mythology > centaur
centaureOE
hippocentaurOE
sagittary1509
onocentaur1523
Sagittariusa1592
half-horse1605
centauress1754
1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xi. 40 Unto the Sagittary They feyne the Centures to be of lykenesse, As halfe man and halfe horse truely.
1589 R. Greene Ciceronis Amor To Rdr. sig. A3 Chiron the Sagitarie was but a fained conceipt.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. v. 14 The dreadfull Sagittary, Appalls our numbers. View more context for this quotation
1638 T. Herbert Some Yeares Trav. (rev. ed.) 158 The Castle is..defended by a troop of leane fac't, beardlesse, memberless Eunuchs, who like so many angry Sagittaries guard their ladies.
a1859 L. Hunt Cambus Khan in Poet. Wks. (1860) 165 A chief who had a mother a sea~fairy And slew a terror called the sagittary.
b. ? As the name of an inn.For the disproof of C. Knight's conjecture that this was a name for the Arsenal at Venice, see the note on the passage in H. H. Furness Variorum Shakspere.Cf. ‘Centaur’ as the sign of an imaginary inn at Ephesus in Comedy of Errors i. ii. 9.
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the world > food and drink > drink > drinking > drinking place > [noun] > tavern or public house > tavern sign
lion?a1366
ale stake1396
ivy14..
sunc1400
tokenc1440
eagle1449
chequerc1460
wisp?1507
Saracen's head1510
ale-pole1523
bush1532
wine garland1533
ivy-garland1553
tavern-bush1553
lattice1575
ivy-bush1576
alebush1599
red lattice1604
elephanta1616
sagittarya1616
grate1622
wine-bush1638
popinjay1687
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. i. 160 Lead to the Sagitary [1622 sagittar] the raised Search.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1623) i. iii. 115 Send for the Lady to the Sagitary [1622 Sagittar].
3. A representation of a centaur or of a mounted archer; spec. in Heraldry = Sagittarius n. 2.
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society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > heraldic representations of creatures > [noun] > monsters
dragonc1330
griffina1400
yalec1425
mermaid1445
manticorec1470
cockatrice1513
mermaiden1538
opinicus1546
lituit1562
Pegasus1562
equicerve1572
harpy1572
lyciske1572
verme1572
wyver1599
merman1601
lion-dragon1610
lion-poisson1610
wyvern1610
Sagittarius1619
sagittary1632
man-fish1653
sea lion1661
satyral1724
man-tiger1780
sea-dog1780
Welsh dragon1799
camelopardel1830
satyr1845
serpivolant1866
sea monkey1909
1632 Guillim's Display of Heraldrie (ed. 2) i. i. 5 The Persians [bare] an Archer or Sagitary stamped on their coynes.
1849 E. A. Freeman Hist. Archit. 250 The sagittary, or mounted archer, the badge of King Stephen, is not unfrequently met with.
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society > trade and finance > money > medium of exchange or currency > coins collective > foreign coins > [noun] > Persian coins
daric1566
shahi1566
toman1566
fluce1584
mahmudi1612
sagittary1665
sicle1725
ashrafi1753
muhr ashrafi1753
kran1882
siglos1911
1665 T. Herbert Some Years Trav. (new ed.) 243 Timagoras..had received a bribe of ten thousand Dariques or Sagittaries.
5. An archer.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > armed man > [noun] > archer
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bowman1297
longbow1386
bowyerc1440
bow?c1510
fletcher1529
bender1590
bow-bearera1600
bow-bendera1697
sagittary1834
bowstringer1839
1834 T. De Quincey Cæsars in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 74/2 The Imperial sagittary [Commodus],..whose hand was so steady and whose eye so true, that he was never known to miss.
1863 P. Ruysdale Pilgrimage over Prairies I. 275 Seeing how certain was my fate, remaining where I was, I darted towards the bank, to engage the fell sagittary at close quarters.
Pertaining to arrows. Obsolete.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > missile > arrow > [adjective]
arrowy?1615
sagittal1656
sagittarya1682
a1682 Sir T. Browne Certain Misc. Tracts (1683) i. 82 With such differences of Reeds, Vallatory, Sagittary, Scriptory, and others they might be furnished in Judæa.
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