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liveray

liveray is the obsolete spelling of livery.

Meaning of livery

Noun

livery (countable and uncountable, plural liveries)

  1. Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
    • And while the moralist, who is holding forth on the cover ( an accurate portrait of your humble servant), professes to wear neither gown nor bands, but only the very same long-eared livery in which his congregation is arrayed: yet, look you, one is bound to speak the truth as far as one knows it...1847 January – 1848 July, William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 8, in Vanity Fair […], London: Bradbury and Evans […], published 1848, →OCLC
  2. The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
  3. The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
    • The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.
  4. (US) A taxicab or limousine.
  5. The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
  6. The writ by which property is obtained.

See all 15 meanings of livery

Forms of liveray

pluralliverays

Questions about liveray

What is liveray the obsolete spelling of?
Liveray is the obsolete spelling of livery.

Words near liveray in the dictionary

  1. liver wings
  2. liver-faced
  3. liver-grown
  4. liver-hearted
  5. liver-spotted
  6. liveray
  7. liverays
  8. liverberry
  9. livered
  10. livergrown
  11. liverie

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