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panary

panary noun: a pantry or storehouse for bread.

Noun

panary (plural panaries)

  1. (obsolete, rare) A pantry or storehouse for bread.
    • In a word, it [Scripture] is a Panary of holeſome foode, againſt fenowed traditions; a Phyſions-ſhop (Saint Baſill calleth it) of preſeruatiues against poiſoned hereſies; a Pandect of profitable lawes, againſt rebellious ſpirits; a treaſurie of moſt coſtly iewels, againſt beggarly rudiments...1611, [Miles Smith], “The Translators to the Reader”, in The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC

Adjective

panary (not comparable)

  1. Relating to the making of bread.
    • When flour is made into a paste or dough by means of water, and yest added, as in the process of bread-making, the dough acquires sponginess, in consequence of being inflated in all parts by fixed air, or carbonic acid. It had been asserted, that, dough in this state, if distilled, does not afford...1830, Donovan, Michael. Domestic Economy Vol I. Cabinet Cyclopaedia
    • The bakery, which supplies the household bread, would be a proper place for trying the relative panary properties of different kinds of flour and meal.1842 August, “An Agricultural School”, in Willis Gaylord, Luther Tucker, editors, The Cultivator, a Consolidation of Buel’s Cultivator and the Genesee Farmer, […], volumes IX (Cult.) / III (Cult. and...

Forms of panary

pluralpanaries

Origin of panary

From Latin pānārium (“pantry”). Doublet of pannier.

From Latin pānārius.

Questions about panary

What does panary mean?
Panary means a pantry or storehouse for bread.
What part of speech is panary?
Panary can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of panary?
The plural of panary is panaries.

Words near panary in the dictionary

  1. panarthritic
  2. panarthritides
  3. panarthritis
  4. panarthropod
  5. panarthropods
  6. panary
  7. panas
  8. Panases
  9. panasian
  10. Panasonic
  11. panasqueiraite

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