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vivary|ˈvaɪvərɪ|
Also 7 vivarie.
[ad. L. vīvārium vivarium: see -ary1. Cf. also viver1 and vivier.]
1. = vivarium 2. Also fig. Now rare or Obs.
1601Donne Progr. Soul iii, That swimming Colledge, and free Hospitall Of all mankinde, that cage and vivarie Of fowles, and beasts. 1660F. Brooke tr. Le Blanc's Trav. 140 Slaves..who have no other office then to hunt the Woods and Marshes for triple-coloured tortoises for the Kings Vivary. 1699Evelyn Acetaria (1729) 118 Of Aviaries, Apiaries, Vivaries, Insects, &c. 1865Reader No. 139. 233/1 Our marine-water vivaries.
b. = vivarium 2 b. rare—1.
1781G. White Selborne xcviii, I spent a fortnight at the house of a friend, where there was such a vivary.
2. = vivarium 1. Also fig.
1628Coke Inst. (1642) ii. 100 Vivarium..in Law..signifieth Parks, Warrens, and Pischaries or Fishings... They might imprison such as they should take in their Parks or Vivaries. 1659C. Noble Inexpediency Exped. 4 The Remedy that is prescribed is the very Seed and Sperm, the very Nursery, and Fomenter, and Vivary of that difference. 1670Blount Glossogr. (ed. 3). [Hence in Phillips, Bailey, etc.] 1851T. H. Turner Dom. Archit. I. iii. 140 There was a pond, or vivary, in the garden, and the bailiff expended eight shillings..to feed the pikes in it. 1858W. Johnson Ionica 60 In stagnant vivaries they lie Forgetful of their ancient haunts. 1863J. R. Walbran Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees) I. 191 The monks converted a marsh into a vivary which may still be traced. |