merceryn.

Brit.

/ˈməːs(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈmərsəri/

Forms: Middle English marcerye, Middle English meercery, Middle English merceri, Middle English merceyre, Middle English mersorie, Middle English–1500s mercerie, Middle English–1500s mercerye, Middle English–1500s mersery, Middle English–1500s merssery, Middle English– mercery, 1600s merciarie; Scottish pre-1700 mercery, pre-1700 mercrie, pre-1700 mersarie, pre-1700 mersere, pre-1700 mersery, pre-1700 mersory, pre-1700 mirsory.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mercerie.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French mercerie (late 13th cent.; compare Old French (Walloon and Picardy) mercherie (late 12th cent.)) < merz commodity (see mercer n.) + -erie -ery suffix, after mercier mercer n. Compare Old Occitan mersaria (12th cent.; late 14th cent. as merceria ), Catalan merceria (13th or 14th cent.), Spanish mercería (13th cent.; < Old Occitan or Catalan), Italian merceria (14th cent. in sense 1 in form merciaria , 1565 in sense 3), post-classical Latin merceria (from 12th cent. in British sources, 13th cent. in continental sources).In sense 3 there are isolated examples of mercerie in Old French and Middle French (from the 13th and 15th centuries respectively), but this sense is rare before the 20th cent.

Now rare.

1. As a mass noun: the goods sold by a mercer; esp. fine textile fabrics.Formerly (occasionally) in plural in the same sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods

merceryc1300

mercery ware1377

haberdasha1529

small ware1567

tailory1610

dry goods1657

woollen-drapery1688

soft goods1798

wallflower1804

linendrapery1849

hog round1910

c1300 St. Gregory (Laud) 20 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 356 He founde Marchauns at rome with Mercerie [a1325 Corpus Cambr. merceri] wel hiende.

c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 314 He..bad him take ten pound and buye Marchaundise and Mercerye.

a1400 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 158 Þai..dele with dyuers marcerye, right as þai pedlers were.

a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 522 Wee bene ageyne charged wyth mercerye, Haburdasshere ware, and wyth grocerye.

1468 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 23 Item of all mersery or merchandice..to costome it be the crowne [ij d.].

1542 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 410 The said merchantes..ys bounde to bringe the same merssery and packes to the costome housse.

1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. ii. f. 250 Bombasine, Fustian, Suile, Armour, all sortes of workes made of Iron, or brasse, and other merceries.

1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 128 He made a Prize of some Mercery and Millenary Goods.

1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 309 Tradesmen..in cloth, mercery, and linnen.

1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. viii. 242 She had once accompanied her sister-in-law..to purchase some small matter of mercery.

1875 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 681 Shame on such wooers' dapper mercery!

1928 H. L. Stuart tr. J. Green Closed Garden ii. iv. 256 Stalls loaded with vegetables and mercery.

1998 Oxfordshire Local Hist. 5 18 He was clandestinely carrying around in his pockets items of hosiery and mercery in order to hawk them to members of the colleges.

†2. (the) Mercery: the Worshipful Company of Mercers (a livery company of the City of London). Hence also: the trade in mercery; the part of a city where this trade is carried out. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > commercial centre in town or city > specific

(the) Mercery1387

steelyard1474

city1621

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > livery company > specific company

(the) Mercery1387

society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles

frippery1599

woolage1611

mercership1647

(the) Mercery1662

rag trade1745

hosiery1789

grey market1825

narrow-trade1827

costumer1830

linendrapery1849

wool-stapling1888

broad trade-

1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 (MED) The folk of the Mercerye of London.

1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Maisters..of the Mercery.

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 333 Meercery, place or strete where mercerys syllen here ware.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccvi This was done by thassent of the Masters & housholders of the Mercerye.

1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. F At the signe of the cocke, in the Mercery.

1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality ix. 56 The Mercery is gone from out of Lombard-street..into Pater-Noster-Row.

†3. A mercer's shop. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories

glovery1483

small storesa1643

woollen-drapery1688

slop-shop1723

mercery1773

Manchester warehouse1788

shoe-store1789

haberdashery1813

shoe-shop1824

clothing store1829

mourning house1849

mourning warehousec1860

bootery1920

1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales I. Pref. 17 King Edward the Third, at the siege of Calais..built a kind of city of timber about the place besieged... It had..merceries, shambles and cloth-warehouses.

1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 July 5/6 I stand before the mighty mercery of Shoolbred.

1893 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Mar. 13/1 The clothes are fearfully and wonderfully made, the fashions of 30 years ago, raked out of Fosselman's mercery, at Wantabadgery.

Compounds

General attributive.

† mercery ware n. Obsolete

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods

merceryc1300

mercery ware1377

haberdasha1529

small ware1567

tailory1610

dry goods1657

woollen-drapery1688

soft goods1798

wallflower1804

linendrapery1849

hog round1910

1377 Westm. Chapter Munim. No. 28073 (MED) Obligatio Civium Londinensium pro Mercerywere.

1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 352/1 Mercery ware.

1542 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 410 If any..merchantes bringith with them merssery warres and packes.

1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 43 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania Merchants trade thither..with..Mercery-ware.

1761 C. Lennox Trifler in Lady's Museum No. 11. 797 There's..numbers of Megareans that get a fine livelihood by mercery ware.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mercery
释义	merceryn. Brit. /ˈməːs(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈmərsəri/ Forms: Middle English marcerye, Middle English meercery, Middle English merceri, Middle English merceyre, Middle English mersorie, Middle English–1500s mercerie, Middle English–1500s mercerye, Middle English–1500s mersery, Middle English–1500s merssery, Middle English– mercery, 1600s merciarie; Scottish pre-1700 mercery, pre-1700 mercrie, pre-1700 mersarie, pre-1700 mersere, pre-1700 mersery, pre-1700 mersory, pre-1700 mirsory. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French mercerie. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman and Old French mercerie (late 13th cent.; compare Old French (Walloon and Picardy) mercherie (late 12th cent.)) < merz commodity (see mercer n.) + -erie -ery suffix, after mercier mercer n. Compare Old Occitan mersaria (12th cent.; late 14th cent. as merceria ), Catalan merceria (13th or 14th cent.), Spanish mercería (13th cent.; < Old Occitan or Catalan), Italian merceria (14th cent. in sense 1 in form merciaria , 1565 in sense 3), post-classical Latin merceria (from 12th cent. in British sources, 13th cent. in continental sources).In sense 3 there are isolated examples of mercerie in Old French and Middle French (from the 13th and 15th centuries respectively), but this sense is rare before the 20th cent. Now rare. 1. As a mass noun: the goods sold by a mercer; esp. fine textile fabrics.Formerly (occasionally) in plural in the same sense. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods merceryc1300 mercery ware1377 haberdasha1529 small ware1567 tailory1610 dry goods1657 woollen-drapery1688 soft goods1798 wallflower1804 linendrapery1849 hog round1910 c1300 St. Gregory (Laud) 20 in C. Horstmann Early S.-Eng. Legendary (1887) 356 He founde Marchauns at rome with Mercerie [a1325 Corpus Cambr. merceri] wel hiende. c1390 (c1300) MS Vernon Homilies in Archiv f. das Studium der Neueren Sprachen (1877) 57 314 He..bad him take ten pound and buye Marchaundise and Mercerye. a1400 in R. H. Robbins Hist. Poems 14th & 15th Cent. (1959) 158 Þai..dele with dyuers marcerye, right as þai pedlers were. a1450–1500 ( Libel Eng. Policy (1926) 522 Wee bene ageyne charged wyth mercerye, Haburdasshere ware, and wyth grocerye. 1468 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 23 Item of all mersery or merchandice..to costome it be the crowne [ij d.]. 1542 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 410 The said merchantes..ys bounde to bringe the same merssery and packes to the costome housse. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises v. ii. f. 250 Bombasine, Fustian, Suile, Armour, all sortes of workes made of Iron, or brasse, and other merceries. 1723 D. Defoe Hist. Col. Jack (ed. 2) 128 He made a Prize of some Mercery and Millenary Goods. 1766 J. Entick Surv. London in New Hist. London IV. 309 Tradesmen..in cloth, mercery, and linnen. 1841 S. Warren Ten Thousand a-Year I. viii. 242 She had once accompanied her sister-in-law..to purchase some small matter of mercery. 1875 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. June 681 Shame on such wooers' dapper mercery! 1928 H. L. Stuart tr. J. Green Closed Garden ii. iv. 256 Stalls loaded with vegetables and mercery. 1998 Oxfordshire Local Hist. 5 18 He was clandestinely carrying around in his pockets items of hosiery and mercery in order to hawk them to members of the colleges. †2. (the) Mercery: the Worshipful Company of Mercers (a livery company of the City of London). Hence also: the trade in mercery; the part of a city where this trade is carried out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > a centre of commerce > [noun] > commercial centre in town or city > specific (the) Mercery1387 steelyard1474 city1621 society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > livery company > specific company (the) Mercery1387 society > trade and finance > specific types of trade > [noun] > trade in specific textiles frippery1599 woolage1611 mercership1647 (the) Mercery1662 rag trade1745 hosiery1789 grey market1825 narrow-trade1827 costumer1830 linendrapery1849 wool-stapling1888 broad trade- 1387–8 Petition London Mercers in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 34 (MED) The folk of the Mercerye of London. 1425 Ordinances Whittington's Alms-house (modernized text) in J. Entick New Hist. London (1766) IV. 354 Maisters..of the Mercery. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 333 Meercery, place or strete where mercerys syllen here ware. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. ccvi This was done by thassent of the Masters & housholders of the Mercerye. 1651 J. Saint-Amard tr. F. Micanzio Life Father Paul sig. F At the signe of the cocke, in the Mercery. 1662 J. Graunt Nat. & Polit. Observ. Bills Mortality ix. 56 The Mercery is gone from out of Lombard-street..into Pater-Noster-Row. †3. A mercer's shop. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trading place > place where retail transactions made > [noun] > shop > shops selling clothes, cloth, or accessories glovery1483 small storesa1643 woollen-drapery1688 slop-shop1723 mercery1773 Manchester warehouse1788 shoe-store1789 haberdashery1813 shoe-shop1824 clothing store1829 mourning house1849 mourning warehousec1860 bootery1920 1773 F. Grose Antiq. Eng. & Wales I. Pref. 17 King Edward the Third, at the siege of Calais..built a kind of city of timber about the place besieged... It had..merceries, shambles and cloth-warehouses. 1879 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 21 July 5/6 I stand before the mighty mercery of Shoolbred. 1893 Bulletin (Sydney) 25 Mar. 13/1 The clothes are fearfully and wonderfully made, the fashions of 30 years ago, raked out of Fosselman's mercery, at Wantabadgery. Compounds General attributive. † mercery ware n. Obsolete ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > types of textile goods merceryc1300 mercery ware1377 haberdasha1529 small ware1567 tailory1610 dry goods1657 woollen-drapery1688 soft goods1798 wallflower1804 linendrapery1849 hog round1910 1377 Westm. Chapter Munim. No. 28073 (MED) Obligatio Civium Londinensium pro Mercerywere. 1429 Rolls of Parl. IV. 352/1 Mercery ware. 1542 Galway Arch. in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 410 If any..merchantes bringith with them merssery warres and packes. 1671 tr. A. Charant Let. conc. Countrys King of Tafiletta 43 in tr. R. Fréjus Relation Voy. Mauritania Merchants trade thither..with..Mercery-ware. 1761 C. Lennox Trifler in Lady's Museum No. 11. 797 There's..numbers of Megareans that get a fine livelihood by mercery ware. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1300
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