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单词 sellary
释义 I. ˈsellary1 Obs.
[ad. L. sellārius (Tac. Ann. vi. i.), f. sella seat, couch.]
A male prostitute.
1603B. Jonson Sejanus iv. v, Others Are rauish'd hence..and..dealt away Vnto his Spintries, Sellaries, and Slaues.1603R. Grenewey Tacitus, Ann. vi. i. (1622) 121 Then first of all were those vnknowen words of Sellaries and Spintries found out of the filthines of the place.
II. ˈsellary2 Obs. rare—1.
[ad. It. sellaria.]
1650Howell Giraffi's Rev. Naples i. 65 It was discover'd..that the waters..were poison'd..specially in those Cisterns which receive the raine water, as in the Sellaries, the publick Markets [etc.].
III. sellary
obs. form of celery.
1727Swift Let. Sheridan 1 July, We eat it like Sellary, either with or without Oil, &c.
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