单词 | pierrerie |
释义 | pierrerien. Now rare and historical. Jewellery; (in plural) precious stones; = perry n.2 Also: †jewellery-making. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > beautification > types of ornamentation > jewellery > [noun] jewelleryc1400 pierreriea1450 usker1536 lapidary1609 bijouterie1815 junk1911 tomfoolery1930 tom1955 a1450 in J. Evans & M. S. Serjeantson Eng. Mediaeval Lapidaries (1933) 17 (MED) God commanded to moyses þat he shulde..do shaape þe twelue stones be crafte of perrere. a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. xli. f. lxiiv/1 Vppon her was seen noo thynge but golde and syluer and ryche pyerrerye. c1503 J. Younge Fyancells of Margaret in Leland's De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1770) IV. 300 She..had on a ryche Coller of Pyerrery... Hys Churte was bordered of fyne Pierrery and Pearles. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1670 A sete rioll, Pight full of perrieris & of proude gemys. 1883 Gentleman's Mag. Jan.–June 589 Who, for instance, could divine that Perre-urigh meant adorned with precious stones or pierreries? 1991 J. Blair & N. Ramsay Eng. Medieval Industries vi. 151 Thomas the ‘Perler’ of London and John ‘Peremaker’ of York may respectively have sold pearls or their substitutes, and made pierrerie or artificial gems, but one cannot be certain. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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