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† ˈchandry Obs.
Forms: 5–7 chandery, chaundrie, -y, 6–7 chandrie, -dry.
[Contracted from chandlery, like chancery from chancelerie.]
1. The place where candles, etc., were kept in a household; = chandlery 1.
1478Liber Niger in Pegge Cur. Misc. 74 To pantry, buttery, or cellar, spicery, chaundry, or any other office. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 12 §12 The yoman of the chaundrie..shall..haue in redinesse seared clothes, sufficient for the surgeon. 1668Collins in Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men (1841) II. 178 One of the yeomen of the chaundry to the king. 1884Leisure Hour 301/2 The chaundeler..also moulded quarions and morters in the chaundry.
2. Chandlery, small wares.
1651Davenant Gondibert (1673) Pref. 11 The shops of Chaundry, and slight wares.
3. The feast of Candlemas.
1478Liber Niger in Pegge Cur. Misc. 100 Two servants..to bear the trumpets, pipes and other instruments..whilst they blow to suppers and other revels at Chaundry. |