waferyn.

Brit.

/ˈweɪf(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈweɪf(ə)ri/

Forms: Also Middle English waaffery, 1500s wafrie, waferye, waffrey, wafarie, 1600s wayfary.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman wafrie, < wafre wafer n.

1. A room or building in which wafers or thin cakes are made; the department of the royal household occupied with the making of wafers. Also †wafery-house.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] > place where wafers made

wafery1455

1455 Househ. Hen. VI in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) *22 The waaffery—William Overton, Yoman, [etc.].

1553 in Archaeologia 12 362 The Waferye. Adam Alee, yeoman.

a1558 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 1 Item, flore for the pastre, and wafery, and seller, as nedithe.

?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 19 In the Chaundrye iij persons, In the wafery ij.

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 43/2 Officers and Servants in the Kings Majesties Houshold... The Waffrey-House. Yeoman,..Groom,..[etc.].

1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xii. 499/2 Then followed the Groomes of..The Wafery.

1826 H. Smith Tor Hill II. 271 Not unless you come to him from the wafery, the pantry, the cellerage..or the larder.

1830 Nicolas in Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. York 229/1 The Wafery..still is one of the offices of the royal house-hold.

†2. Wafers collectively, light pastry. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > wafer

wafer1377

wafron?c1390

wafery1542

wafer-cake1585

wafer-biscuit1848

cake cone1910

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 170^v He..bidde theim to kepe a corner of their stomakes for the tartes, wafrie, and iounkettes, that wer to bee serued..after the meate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

waferyadj.

Brit.

/ˈweɪf(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈweɪf(ə)ri/

Etymology: < wafer n. + -y suffix¹.

rare.

Like a wafer, extremely thin.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin

fine-drawn1840

waferish1866

tissuey1867

wafery1880

wafer-thina1911

paper-thin1929

micro-thin1945

skin-thin1946

1880 J. P. Struthers Life & Lett. (1918) v. 97 A very thin wafery idea.

1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) A wafery thinness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	wafery
释义	waferyn. Brit. /ˈweɪf(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈweɪf(ə)ri/ Forms: Also Middle English waaffery, 1500s wafrie, waferye, waffrey, wafarie, 1600s wayfary. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman wafrie, < wafre wafer n. 1. A room or building in which wafers or thin cakes are made; the department of the royal household occupied with the making of wafers. Also †wafery-house. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > cooking establishment or kitchen > [noun] > place where wafers made wafery1455 1455 Househ. Hen. VI in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 22 The waaffery—William Overton, Yoman, [etc.]. 1553 in Archaeologia* 12 362 The Waferye. Adam Alee, yeoman. a1558 in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) II. 1 Item, flore for the pastre, and wafery, and seller, as nedithe. ?a1562 G. Cavendish Life Wolsey (1959) 19 In the Chaundrye iij persons, In the wafery ij. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 43/2 Officers and Servants in the Kings Majesties Houshold... The Waffrey-House. Yeoman,..Groom,..[etc.]. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iv. xii. 499/2 Then followed the Groomes of..The Wafery. 1826 H. Smith Tor Hill II. 271 Not unless you come to him from the wafery, the pantry, the cellerage..or the larder. 1830 Nicolas in Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. York 229/1 The Wafery..still is one of the offices of the royal house-hold. †2. Wafers collectively, light pastry. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > cake > [noun] > a cake > wafer wafer1377 wafron?c1390 wafery1542 wafer-cake1585 wafer-biscuit1848 cake cone1910 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 170^v He..bidde theim to kepe a corner of their stomakes for the tartes, wafrie, and iounkettes, that wer to bee serued..after the meate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). waferyadj. Brit. /ˈweɪf(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈweɪf(ə)ri/ Etymology: < wafer n. + -y suffix¹. rare. Like a wafer, extremely thin. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > thickness > thinness > [adjective] > very thin fine-drawn1840 waferish1866 tissuey1867 wafery1880 wafer-thina1911 paper-thin1929 micro-thin1945 skin-thin1946 1880 J. P. Struthers Life & Lett. (1918) v. 97 A very thin wafery idea. 1891 Cent. Dict. (at cited word) A wafery thinness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1455adj.1880
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