ferrary
English
Etymology
From Latin ferraria (“iron works”). See ferreous.
Noun
ferrary (uncountable)
- (obsolete) The art of ironworking.
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia
- And all my tools of heavenly ferrary.
Thus from his anvil the huge monster rose
- And all my tools of heavenly ferrary.
- c. 1610s, George Chapman, Batrachomyomachia
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ferrary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)