forestryn.
/ˈfɒrᵻstri/, U.S. /ˈfɔrəstri/ 1.
a. Scots Law. The privileges of a royal forest.
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society > law > legal right > rights to do or use something > [noun] > forest rights
frank-chase1587
free-bound1639
vert1639
freeboard1640
forestry1681
1681 J. Dalrymple Inst. Law Scotl. ii. iii. §67. 235 The King having..granted a Forrestry to the Laird of Fascally.
a1763 J. Erskine Inst. Law Scotl. ii. vi. §14 Lands erected by the crown with the right of forestry had all the privileges of a King's forest.
1872 Bell's Princ. Law Scot. (ed. 6) §753 The right of forestry is not conferred by erection into a barony.
b. An estate to which this privilege is attached.
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the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > real or immovable property > land > a landed property or estate > other types of estate
freeholdc1432
vacant1572
perpetuity1607
forestry1751
1751 A. McDouall Inst. Laws Scotl. I. ii. iii. 573 The lands must be erected into a free forrestry.
2. Wooded country; a vast extent of trees.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > land with vegetation > [noun] > wooded land
wold786
frith?826
woodland869
woodc897
rough1332
foresta1375
firth?a1400
weald1544
bocage1644
parkland1649
bush1780
sylvanry1821
forestry1823
belting1844
rukh1856
treescape1885
bush1912
1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto X lxxxii. 94 Lost amidst the forestry Of masts.
1865 Morning Star 20 May Let this amphitheatre be filled with a forestry of genealogical trees.
1879 R. Browning Ivan Ivanovitch in Idyls I. 19 Through forestry right and left.
3. The science and art of forming and cultivating forests, management of growing timber.
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the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > [noun]
woodwork1738
arboriculture1828
forestry1859
woodworking1872
sylviculture1880
silvics1907
agroforestry1934
tree farm1941
tree farming1942
1859 J. E. Tennent Ceylon II. vii. v. 211 A knowledge of..forestry, pharmacy, and toxicology have each been demanded.
1881 Horne Fiji 137 A person with a fair knowledge of forestry.
4. The principles and organization of the ‘Ancient Order of Foresters’.
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society > trade and finance > financial dealings > insurance > [noun] > insurance association or friendly society
Rechabite1637
friendly society1684
provident society1771
provident club1797
benefit-society1801
benefit-club1812
burial-society1812
ménage1815
burial club1848
forestry1861
tontine1871
shepherdry1900
approved society1911
1861 Morning Star 21 Aug. 3 It is..about 30 years since forestry, in its present development, took its rise.
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