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mappery

mappery noun: cartography.

Noun

mappery (uncountable)

  1. (archaic, rare) cartography
    • They call this bed-work, mappery, closet-war;c. 1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Troylus and Cressida”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and...

Origin of mappery

From map + -ery.

Questions about mappery

What does mappery mean?
Mappery means cartography.
What part of speech is mappery?
Mappery is a noun.

Words near mappery in the dictionary

  1. mappemonds
  2. mappen
  3. mapper
  4. Mapperley
  5. mappers
  6. mappery
  7. Mappila
  8. Mappilas
  9. Mappin
  10. Mappin's moa
  11. Mappin's moas

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