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† raˈriety Obs.
[f. rare a.1, on analogy of variety. Pretty frequent in early part of 17th c.]
= rarity (chiefly in senses 4 and 5).
1596Edward III, ii. ii. sig. D 4 The register of all rarieties Since Letherne Adam, till this youngest howre. 1611Heywood Gold. Age iii. Wks. 1874 III. 52 Let all raryeties Showre downe from heauen a lardges. 1636― Challenge for Beauty iv. Wks. V. 52 If any clyme Could yeeld rarietie to equall ours. 1659Fuller App. Inj. Innoc. i. 44 Give me leave to record the first Essays of this Pious Prince, especially they being unprinted rarieties. |