glazery
glazery noun: the art of installing windows.
Noun
glazery (uncountable)
- The art of installing windows.
- In the Conſtruction, regard is had to the Firmneſs of the Foundation, the Strength of the Maſonry, the Quality of the Stone, Sand, Lime, and Mortar; or, to ſpeak properly, the Conſtruction, rather, conſiſts of ſeveral diſtinct parts; as the Maſonry, Carpentry, Joinery, Smithery, Glazery, Roofing...1732, Sebastian Le Clerc, translated by [Ephraim] Chambers, A Treatise of Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. […], London: […] Richard Ware […], page 2
- […] he, mean time, ran into the town, and procured the glaſs, on the receipt of which I inſtantly threw him ten more piſtoles. Before the hour of noon and viſitation came, every thing was once more reinſtated, my glazery performed to a miracle, and the life of my worthy Gefhardt preſerved!1795, Thomas Holcroft, transl., The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; Containing His Adventures; His Cruel and Excessive Sufferings, During Ten Years Imprisonment, at the Fortress of Magdeburg, by...
Origin of glazery
From glaze + -ery.
Questions about glazery
- What does glazery mean?
- Glazery means the art of installing windows.
- What part of speech is glazery?
- Glazery is a noun.
Words near glazery in the dictionary
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