单词 | vivary |
释义 | vivaryn. 1. a. = vivarium n. 2. Also figurative. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > zoo > [noun] vivarya1631 vivariumc1660 menagerie1676 zoological garden1827 zoological1831 zoo1835 park1887 paradise1900 petting zoo1965 a1631 J. Donne Progresse of Soule iii, in Poems (1633) 2 That swimming Colledge, and free Hospitall Of all mankinde, that cage and vivarie, Of fowles, and beasts. 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 140 Slaves..who have no other office then to hunt the Woods and Marshes for triple-coloured tortoises for the Kings Vivary. 1699 J. Evelyn Acetaria (Plan) sig. bv Of Aviaries, Apiaries, Vivaries, Insects, &c. 1865 Reader No. 139. 233/1 Our marine-water vivaries. b. = vivarium n. 2b. rare. ΚΠ 1789 G. White Let. in Nat. Hist. Selborne 269 I spent a fortnight at the house of a friend where there was such a vivary. 2. = vivarium n. 1. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > fish-pond or -tank fish-poolc950 fish-housec1000 viverc1330 stew1387 piscinaa1398 piscinea1400 fishpondc1440 trunk1440 moat1463 stagnec1470 servatorya1475 viviera1500 fish-stew1552 vivarium1600 shut1605 fish-stove1615 keep1617 estang1628 vivarya1634 nursery1772 preserve1849 whalerya1880 fish tank1957 a1634 E. Coke 2nd Pt. Inst. Lawes Eng. (1642) 100 Vivarium..in Law..signifieth Parks, Warrens, and Pischaries or Fishings... They might imprison such as they should take in their Parks or Vivaries. 1659 C. Noble Inexpediency of Exped. 4 The Remedy that is prescribed is the very Seed and Sperm, the very Nursery, and Fomenter, and Vivary of that difference. 1670 T. Blount Glossographia (ed. 3) . [Hence in Phillips, Bailey, etc.] 1851 T. H. Turner Some Acct. Domest. Archit. I. iii. 140 There was a pond, or vivary, in the garden, and the bailiff expended eight shillings..to feed the pikes in it. 1858 W. Johnson Ionica 60 In stagnant vivaries they lie Forgetful of their ancient haunts. 1863 J. R. Walbran Mem. Abbey St. Mary of Fountains I. 191 The monks converted a marsh into a vivary which may still be traced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1631 |
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