† mesnageryn.
Obsolete.
Management; economy.
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society > authority > control > [noun] > management or administration
dispositionc1374
ministrationc1390
disposing1406
procuration?a1425
guidingc1425
economy?1440
conduct1454
solicitation1492
regimenta1500
mayning1527
enterprisea1533
handlinga1538
conduction1565
manyment1567
disposure1569
conveyance1572
managing1579
disposement1583
government1587
carriage1589
manage1591
steerage1597
management1598
steering1599
manurance1604
fixing1605
dispose1611
administry?1616
husbandry1636
dispensatorship1637
admin1641
managery1643
disposal1649
mesnagery1653
contrectation1786
conducting1793
wielding1820
managership1864
operation1872
operating1913
case management1918
the mind > possession > retaining > sparingness or frugality > [noun] > thrift or economical management
housewifeship?c1225
husbandryc1390
thriftiness1552
thrift?1553
housewifery1557
housewifeliness1561
husbanding1591
mesnagery1653
managery1658
mesnage1667
economy1670
scrimping1835
1653 J. Bramhall Let. in Rawdon Papers (1819) 106 The most ill mesnagery of those who were trusted by the other adventurers.
1693 T. Urquhart & P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais 3rd Bk. Wks. ii. 29 Many speak of..that Vertue of Mesnagery, who know not what belong to it.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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