† lavendryn.
Obsolete.
a. = laundry n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > [noun]
swillingc1000
washing?c1225
lavendrya1483
laundry1533
laving1611
lavatory1620
lavation1627
lavement1650
laver1671
lavament1823
lustration1826
a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 85 Office of Lavendrey, two yeomen.
b. = laundry n. 2.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > place where washing is done
lavendry1377
washing-house14..
bucking-stoke1483
laundry1577
wash-house1577
laundry-house1585
bucking-house1597
wash-yardc1625
lavatory1661
buck-house1738
woman-house1754
wash-kitchen1838
water-shed1859
washery1875
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xv. 182 Þanne wil he some tyme Labory in a lauendrye.
1393 W. Langland Piers Plowman C. xvii. 330 And laueþ hem in þe lauandrie.
1567 in G. Chalmers Mary (1818) 177 Lauandrie. Margaret Balcomie, lauander.
c. = laundress n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > one who washes clothes
laundera1350
lavendera1350
laundererc1475
lavendrya1483
washer1530
scourer1756
a1483 Liber Niger in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 85 If there be a Queene in housholde, then there be weomen lavendryes for the chambre, warderobe, &c.
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