单词 | ewery groom |
释义 | > as lemmasewery groom a. The apartment or office for ewers, esp. in former times, in the royal household; a room where ewers of water, table linen, and towels were kept. Also ewery groom, sergeant of the ewery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > setting table > table utensils > [noun] > place for keeping tableware sculleryc1440 eweryc1460 silver scullery1686 butler's pantry1721 pewtery1864 plate room1931 1392 Will Earl of Arundel in J. H. Parker Some Acct. Domest. Archit. (1859) III. iv. 114 Pur l'ewerye un paire basyns d'argent.] c1460 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 25 John Felton groom of the Chamber, and John Ward groom of the Eurey. a1475 J. Russell Bk. Nurture (Harl. 4011) in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 133 Take it [sc. þe surnape] vppe..and to þe Ewery bere hit youre silf agayne. 1508 Bk. Keruynge (de Worde) sig. A.iiiv Se thyne ewery be arayed with basyns & ewers & water hote and colde. 1541 Act 33 Hen. VIII c. 12. §11 The sergeant of the Ewrie..shal also be..redy with clothes sufficient for the surgeon. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 920/1 In the butterie two yeomen, two groomes, and two pages: and in the yewrie likewise. a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1671 (1955) III. 572 The King..walking all along the Enteries..as far as the Ewrie. 1723 Hist. Reg. Chronol. Diary 36 Master of the Ewry to their Royal Highnesses. < as lemmas |
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