† ˈboyeryObs. [f. boy n.1 + -ery.] Boyhood. 1580North Plutarch (1676) 42 They called..the greatest boyes Melirenes: as who should say, ready to go out of boyery.1656W. Dugard Gate Lat. Unl. §199. 55 Infancy is ignorant of itself, boyerie is passed over in sports.