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Imagery
Imagery Im"age*ry, n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]
1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation
of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass.
``Painted imagery.' --Shak.
In those oratories might you see Rich carvings,
portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.
2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.
What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.
3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas;
imaginary phantasms.
The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.
4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid
descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible
objects; figures in discourse.
I wish there may be in this poem any instance of
good imagery. --Dryden.
ManageryManagery Man"age*ry, n. [Cf. OF. menagerie, mesnagerie. See
Manage, n., and cf. Menagerie.]
1. Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
2. Husbandry; economy; frugality. --Bp. Burnet. Ragery
Ragery Ra"ger*y, n.
Wantonness. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Savagery
Savagery Sav"age*ry (?; 277), n. [F. sauvagerie.]
1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
A like work of primeval savagery. --C. Kingsley.
2. An act of cruelty; barbarity.
The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever
wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the
tears of soft remorse. --Shak.
3. Wild growth, as of plants. --Shak.
Stagery
Stagery Sta"ger*y, n.
Exhibition on the stage. [Obs.]
Villagery
Villagery Vil"lage*ry, n.
Villages; a district of villages. [Obs.] ``The maidens of the
villagery.' --Shak.
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