ochry, ochery, a.
(ˈəʊkrɪ, ˈəʊkərɪ)
Also 6 ocrie, 8–9 ochrey.
[f. ochre, ocher + -y: cf. fibry, miry, gory, fiery.]
1. Of the colour of ochre; = ochreous 2.
| 1567 J. Maplet Gr. Forest 27 b, Some Ocrie or yellow as the Mariegold. 1755 Phil. Trans. XLIX. 297 Stone of a pale ochrey colour. 1766 Ibid. LVI. 13 Of a rusty ochry color. 1837 Blackw. Mag. XLII. 333 Foreign arid and ochery hills. 1862 Thornbury Turner I. 393 Wafts of mist, ochry sails. 1885 Harper's Mag. Dec. 70/2 This bright ochery remnant re-appears on the hickory beyond. 1891 Nisbet Colonial Tramp I. 13 Rocks rose-purple, ruddy and ochrey. |
2. Of the nature of ochre; = ochreous 1.
| a 1728 Woodward Fossils (R.), This is conveyed about by the water; as we find in earthy, ochrey, and other loose matter. 1763 W. Lewis Comm. Phil.-Techn. 349 Precipitating the iron nearly in the same ochery state. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic 753 Umber, Cologne earth, and different ochry argillaceous earths. |