† gaineryn.
Obsolete.
a. A farm.
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townOE
wick1086
farm1414
gainery1424
farmhold1471
room?a1513
farm place1526
colony1566
labouring1604
podere1605
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location1813
bowery1842
ranch1865
1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 57 All myn other howshold, saf suche as longeth to þe gamerye [? read gainerye].
b. (See quot. 1670.)
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tiltha1100
husbandrya1398
agriculture?1440
tillagea1538
tilture1573
farming1642
gainery1670
farmery1759
terraculture1847
ag1905
1670 T. Blount Νομο-λεξικον: Law-dict. Gainery, (Fr. gaignerie), Tillage or Tilling, or the Profit raised of Tillage, or of the Beasts used therein.
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