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Definition: EWERY

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. An alternative spelling for "Ewry": An office or place of household service where the ewers were formerly kept.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Ewery" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1480. (references)


Extended Definition: EWERY

Ewery

A ewery was the office in a medieval household responsible for water and the vessels for drinking or washing of the person. The word comes from 'ewer', a sort of pitcher. This office was not responsible for laundry, which was handled by the offices of laundry and napery (table linen). The three offices did work closely together however, and could be concurrent in smaller households.[1]

References

  1. Woolgar, C. M. (1999). The Great Household in Late Medieval England. New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 144. ISBN 0-300-07687-8. 

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