▪ I. † ˈusurary, n. Obs. rare.
[ad. med.L. ūsūrāri-us (Diefenb.): see next.]
A money-lender.
| c 1440 Alph. Tales 524 Som tyme in Colayn þer was ane vsurarie. Ibid. 526 All þies vsuraries rase and went oute confusid. |
▪ II. † ˈusurary, a. Obs. rare.
[ad. L. ūsūrāri-us (whence It., Sp., Pg. usurario, F. usuraire), f. ūsūra usury n.]
Marked by the payment of interest; on which excessive interest is paid.
| 1649 Bp. Hall Cases Consc. i. 7 How odious..usurary contracts have been in all times. Ibid. 13 Every increase by loan of money is not usurarie. 1678 Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xxiv. §7 (1699) 124 That the Usurary Bond or Contract shall be reduced. 1693 Stair Instit. (ed. 2) ii. x. 331 That if it [sc. a lease] were in the Terms of the old Act, Parl. 1449. cap. 19. far within the true Avail, it were usurary and null. |