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‖ orfèvrerie Now only as French.|ɔrfɛvrəri| Forms: 5 orfeverye, 9 orféverie, orfevery, orfèvrerie. [a. F. orfèvrerie, in 12th c. orfaverie, f. orfèvre: see prec.] Goldsmith's work.
1423Jas. I Kingis Q. xlviii, A gudely cheyne of smale orfeuerye. 1840Barham Ingol. Leg., St. Dunstan, To indulge in a little orfevrerie. 1842Ibid., St. Cuthbert ii, Plate of orféverie costly and rare. 1860Reade Cloister & H. I. 16 He offered prizes for the best specimens of ‘orfévrerie’ in two kinds, religious and secular. |