† carrioˈnere Obs. ? nonce-wd.
[cf. F. salière saltcellar, poivrière pepper-box, etc.]
A holder or dispenser of carrion, or of that which stinks like it.
1648 Herrick Hesper. (Grosart) II. 184 Fie, quoth my lady, what a stink is here? When 'twas her breath that was the carrionere. |