| 单词 | ewry |
| 释义 | ewery, ewry|ˈjʊərɪ|
Forms: (5 ewary, -erye, eawerie, eurey, 6 ewe-, yewrie, 6–7 ewrie, 7 eawrye), 5– ewery, ewry.
[f. ewer + -y3.]
1. The apartment or office for ewers, esp. in former times, in the royal household; a room where ewers of water, table linen, and towels were kept. Also groom, sergeant of the ewery.
[1392Will Earl of Arundel in Turner Dom. Archit. iii. iv. 114 Pur l'ewerye un paire basyns d'argent.] c1460Plumpton Corr. 25 John Felton groom of the Chamber, and John Ward groom of the Eurey. c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 256 in Babees Bk., Take it [þe surnape] vppe..and to þe Ewery bere hit youre silf agayne. 1513Bk. Keruynge ibid. 155 So thyn ewery be arayed with basyns & ewers, & water hote & colde. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 12. §11 The sergeant of the Ewrie..shal also be..redy with clothes sufficient for the surgeon. 1577–87Holinshed Chron. III. 920/1 In the butterie two yeomen, two groomes, and two pages: and in the yewrie likewise. 1671Evelyn Diary 1 Mar., The King..walking along the entries..as far as the ewry. 1723Hist. Reg., Chron. Diary 36 Master of the Ewry to their Royal Highnesses.
b. attrib.
c1460J. Russell Bk. Nurture 232 in Babees Bk., Þan emperialle..Þy Ewry borde with basons & lauour. 1502Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. York (1830) 80 Thewry doore at Baynardes Castell.
†2. ‘The scullery of a religious house’. Obs.
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