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brewery|ˈbruːərɪ|
[f. brewer; see -ery. (Not in Johnson 1755–1773: nor Bailey 1721–1800).]
1. A place for brewing; the establishment of a public brewer; formerly called a brewhouse.
1658Hexham Dutch Dict., Een Brouwerye, a Brewerie, or a brewing-house. 1736J. McUre View Glasgow 285 There is a stately Brewarie belonging to Robert Luke..adjacent to the above great Tannarie. 1772Priestley in Phil. Trans. LXII. 148 Living..in the neighbourhood of a public brewery. 1791Boswell Johnson (1831) I. 506 The brewery was to be sold. 1862Jrnl. Roy. Dublin Soc. Apr. 311 The director of the college..showed me also their brewery.
b. fig.
1880Earl of Dunraven in 19th Cent. Sept. 446 The whole region [Colorado] is one vast brewery of storms.
†2. The process or trade of brewing; also, the ‘trade’ or body of brewers. Obs.
a1714C. Davenant Ess. Trade I. 79 (L.) If they should bring any distress and trouble upon the London brewery, it would occasion the making ill drink. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. II. 121 The porter brewery..is also chiefly carried on in London. |