▪ I. † ˈgemmary, a. and n. Obs.
[ad. late L. gemmāri-us (see -ary1), f. gemma gem.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to gems; concerned with or skilled in gems. B. n. An engraver of gems, a jeweller.
| 1382 Wyclif Exod. xxxix. 29 Thei graueden in it [the plate] with gemmary werk. Ibid. xxviii. 11 In the grauyng of the gemmarye [L. cælatura gemmarii] thow shalt graue hem. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseud. Ep. ii. i. 55 The principle and most gemmary affection is its Tralucency. a 1682 ― Tracts (1684) 4 Gemmarie Naturalists reade diligently the pretious Stones in the holy City of the Apocalypse. |
▪ II. gemmary
see gemmery.