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forestry|ˈfɒrɪstrɪ|
[ad. OF. foresterie, f. forest forest; or f. forest n. + -ry. In sense 4 f. forester + -y.]
1. Sc. Law. The privileges of a royal forest.
b. An estate to which this privilege is attached.
1693Visct. Stair Instit. Law Scot. ii. iii. §67. 235 The King having..granted a Forrestry to the Laird of Fascally. 1751Ld. Bankton Instit. Laws Scot. I. ii. iii. 573 The lands must be erected into a free forrestry. a1763Erskine Inst. Law Scot. ii. vi. §14 Lands erected by the crown with the right of forestry had all the privileges of a King's forest. 1872Bell's Princ. Law Scot. (ed. Guthrie) §753 The right of forestry is not conferred by erection into a barony.
2. Wooded country; a vast extent of trees.
1823Byron Juan x. lxxxii, Lost amidst the forestry Of masts. 1865Morning Star 20 May, Let this amphitheatre be filled with a forestry of genealogical trees. 1879Browning Ivan Ivanovitch 19 Through forestry right and left.
3. The science and art of forming and cultivating forests, management of growing timber.
1859Tennent Ceylon II. vii. v. 211 A knowledge of..forestry, pharmacy, and toxicology have each been demanded. 1881Horne Fiji 137 A person with a fair knowledge of forestry.
attrib.1881Atlantic Monthly XLVII. 166 Forestry, fishery, and farm products. 1885Manch. Exam. 28 Jan. 5/5 Mr. Gladstone..has been engaged in forestry operations.
4. The principles and organization of the ‘Ancient Order of Foresters’.
1861Morning Star 21 Aug. 3 It is..about 30 years since forestry, in its present development, took its rise. |