kitchenryn.
/ˈkɪtʃᵻnri/, /ˈkɪtʃn̩ri/, U.S. /ˈkɪtʃ(ə)nri/ 1. The skill or activity of preparing and cooking food; cookery.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > art of cooking
curya1387
cookerya1393
curea1400
kitchenc1400
kitchenry1563
magirology1814
home science1886
magirics1889
home economics1934
1563 L. Humphrey Nobles or of Nobilitye iii. sig. t.ii The myghtye prynce Darius, cloyed tofore with rables of Cookes, Hurtors, Cators, maysters and doctors of Kitchenrie, and greasers of the throate.
1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 450 Those..who beeing deinty toothed are iudicious clerkes in Kitchenrie.
1829 N.-Y. Mirror, & Ladies' Lit. Gaz. 21 Nov. 155/3 Glass is the name of one grand cook, who has immortalized herself, by a treatise on the kitchenry.
1927 Amer. Mercury Feb. 205/1 All the most intricate processes of kitchenry, she handled with professional ease.
2016 @WilliamABooth 5 Dec. in twitter.com (accessed 20 Aug. 2019) Essential bit of winter kitchenry: turning bland panettone into delicious bread and butter pudding.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant > collectively
kerf1486
kitchenry1609
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. xiv. vi. 12 Next unto whom goeth the blacke guard and kitchinree [L. atratum coquinae ministerium].
1658 W. Sanderson Graphice 26 The Hall with Paintings of Neat-heards,..Milke-maides Minding Cattle, in proper degrees, some other also, of Kitchenry.
1926 A. Dunbar-Nelson Wks. (1988) II. 123 She brought to the little town the best that we have and presented them at the leading churches so that the white population—their entire conception of the Negro too often gleaned from the kitchenry—might know and see our contribution.
3. Equipment and supplies used in the kitchen; (originally) produce grown for use in cooking, as vegetables and herbs; (now usually) equipment and utensils such as pans, dishes, knives, spoons, etc.; kitchenware. Cf. kitchen stuff n. 1.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun]
kitchenware1612
kitchen trade1693
batterie de cuisine1773
battery1819
kitchenry1845
mess kit1854
kitchenalia1924
1845 A. H. Clough Let. 12 Sept. (1957) I. 152 The garden moreover, of flowers and kitchenry without distinction—with huge hedges of beech and yew, etc. running hither and thither about it—was very pleasant.
1877 Chelmsford Chron. 10 Aug. 4/3 (advt.) About 500 Vols of Books, linen, china, glass, kitchenry, brewing utensils.
1918 J. MacGregor Gardens of Celebrities xi. 253 To the right, a flower and fruit garden not without kitchenry. To the left a kitchen garden, not without fruit and flowers.
2011 @avitalrachel 22 Aug. in twitter.com (accessed 20 Aug. 2019) Looking forward to some intensive apartment shopping tomorrow! Coffee tables, floor lamps, kitchenry and more.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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