stannary
English
Etymology
From Late Latin stannaria.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈstænəɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: stan‧na‧ry
Adjective
stannary (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, OCLC 65350522:
- The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.
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Related terms
- stannary parliament
- stannary town
- stannator
Noun
stannary (plural stannaries)
- A tin mine or tinworks.
- 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XVII, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, OCLC 1227561436, page 186:
- If by publike lavv the mint vvere ordained to be onely ſupplyed by our ſtanneries, hovv currantly vvould they paſs for more precious then ſilver mines?
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