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† ˈdimissaries, n. pl. Obs.
Also 5 dismyssaries, 6 dimiceries, demisaris.
[? f. L. dēmissus, hanging down, descending + -ary: cf. emissary.]
Testicles.
1494Fabyan Chron. vii. 357 Some malicious dysposed persones, in despyte..kut of his hode and his dismyssaries. 1546Bale Eng. Votaries i. (1550) 50 b, Chosen, as stoned horses are..by their outye dimiceries. 1569T. Underdown Ovid agst. Ibis O iij b, He..cut of his Demisaris. 1577Stanyhurst Descr. Irel. in Holinshed VI. 68 For default of other stuffe, they pawne..the nailes of their fingers and toes, their dimissaries. |