druggery
(ˈdrʌgərɪ)
Also (Sc.) 6 drogarie, 9 droguery.
[a. F. droguerie (1462 in Godef.), f. drogue drug: see -ery.]
1. Drugs collectively; medicine, physic.
| 1535 Stewart Cron. Scot. III. 279 Till all seik men or tha get drogarie. 1552 Abp. Hamilton Catech. (1884) 11 Potegareis that sellis corruppit drogaris. 1611 Cotgr., Drogueries, drugs, druggeries, confections. 1822 Galt Sir A. Wylie III. xxxiii. 285 Nane o' the droguery nor the roguery o' doctors for me. 1891 G. Meredith One of our Conq. I. vii. 118 Awful combinations in druggery. |
2. A place where drugs are kept for sale or use.
| 1865 W. G. Palgrave Arabia I. 422 My druggery and consultation-room. |