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▪ I. † ˈscenary, n. Obs.
[ad. It. scenario: see scenario n. and -ary1 B. 2.]
1. ‘The disposition and consecution of the scenes of a play’ (J.); = scenario n.
1695Dryden Dufresnoy's Art Paint. Pref. 44 To make a Sketch, or a more perfect Model of a Picture, is in the Language of Poets, to draw up the Scenary of a Play. 1719Boyer Eng.-Fr. Dict., Scenary (the ordering of the Scenes of a Play) Arrangement des Scenes d'une Piece de Theatre. 1736Pope Dunc. iii. 328 note, The Edition of Shakespear..took up near two years more, in the drudgery of comparing Impressions, rectifying the Scenary, &c.
2. ‘The representation of the place in which an action is performed’ (J.).
1729Pope Dunc. ii. 262 note, The progress of the sound..and the scenary here of the bordering regions,..are imitated from Virg. Aen. 7 on the sounding the horn of Alecto. 1808Ramsay's Gentle Shepherd I. 109 The plot, characters, and scenary of this exquisite transcript from nature.
3. = scenery 3.
1712Addison Spect. No. 417 ⁋3 A Poet..must gain a due Relish of the Works of Nature, and be thoroughly conversant in the various Scenary of a Country Life. 1748Anson's Voy. iii. ii. (ed. 4) 415 The fortunate animals too..partake in some measure of the romantic cast of the Island, and are no small addition to its wonderful scenary. 1808Ramsay's Gentle Shepherd I. p. x, The minute coincidence between its natural scenary, and his descriptions.
▪ II. † ˈscenary, a. Obs.
[ad. L. scēn-, scænārius scenic, f. scēna, scæna scene: see -ary1 A.]
Scenic, theatrical.
1730A. Gordon Maffei's Amphith. 18 In the Morning Scenary Diversions were exhibited. 1758Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 298 The scenary part of these performances [Miracle Plays] was much worse than the composition. |