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-ery (ər ē, er′ē)

  1. a place to tannery, brewery
  2. a place for nunnery, vinery
  3. the practice, act, or occupation of robbery, midwifery
  4. the product or goods of pottery, millinery
  5. a collection of greenery, crockery
  6. the state or condition of drudgery, slavery
  7. the behavior or qualities of tomfoolery

Etymology: ME -erie < OFr -erie < LL -aria, or by addition of -ie (L -ia) to OFr nouns of agency in -ier

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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