▪ I. farmery, n.
(ˈfɑːmərɪ)
[f. farm n. + -ery.]
1. The buildings, yards, etc., belonging to a farm.
| 1656 S. Holland Don Zara (1719) 8 The first thing therefore debated on by our Don was (as an Inquisitor) what food the Farmery afforded. 1787 W. Marshall Norfolk I. 81 The farmeries of Norfolk are..large and convenient. 1851 J. J. Mechi 2nd Paper Brit. Agric. 30 Our present ill-arranged farmeries. 1891 Daily News 2 July 8/1 A farmery and three cottages. |
2. = farming 2.
| 1801 W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. XII. 579 A rustic and rusticating fashion for farmery. |
▪ II. ˈfarmery, a.
[f. farmer2 + -y3.]
Farmer-like.
| 1861 Thornbury Turner I. 312 Makes his cheese with farmery care. |
▪ III. farmery
var. of fermery, Obs.