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† ˈlectuary Obs.
Also 3–5 letuarie, 4 latuarye, letuare, 4–5 let(e)wary, -ye, 4–6 letuary, 5 lect-, lett-, lytwary, letwerye, lettorye, letuarye, 6 lectuarie.
[Aphetic form of electuary. Cf. OF. letuaire.]
An electuary.
a1225Ancr. R. 226 He haueð so monie bustes ful of his letuaries. c1374Chaucer Troylus v. 741 To late cometh þe letuarye, Whan men þe cors vn-to þe graue carye. c1400Lanfranc's Cirurg. 183 Make herof a letuarie not to hard soden. 1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. 240 Moche worth is the lytwary y-makyd of fuste and aloes. 1435Misyn Fire of Love i. iii. (1896) 7 With þe whilk þai..has gretter comforth þen may be trowyd of gostely letwary. 1453–4Durh. MS. Com. Roll, In confeccione vocat. lettorye. 1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xxx. (Percy Soc.) 149, I shall provide for you a lectuary, Which after sorow into your herte shall sinke. 1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. Y ii, Whan pepper is ministred in lectuaries it is holsome for the coughe. 1578Lyte Dodoens vi. xciii. 778 Turpentine in a lectuarie with honey, clenseth the breast and the lunges. |