olitory, a. and n. Now rare.
(ˈɒlɪtərɪ)
[ad. L. (h)olitōrius of or belonging to a kitchen gardener or vegetables, f. (h)olitor kitchen gardener, f. holus, holer-, pot-herbs, vegetables: see -ory.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to pot-herbs or kitchen vegetables, or to the kitchen garden.
| 1658 Evelyn Diary 6 Dec., Now was publish'd my ‘French Gardener’, the first..that introduc'd ye use of the Olitorie garden. 1664 ― Kal. Hort., July (1729) 209 Let such Olitory-Herbs run to Seed as you would save. 1670 Phil. Trans. V. 1150 The Sylvan, Hortulan and Olitory affairs. 1785 [R. Graves] Eugenius II. i. 3 The proper supplies of herbs, and other olitory productions, for the kitchen. 1895 Econ. Rev. Oct. 447 Any vegetable cultivated in the olitory garden. |
† B. n.
1. A pot-herb, a culinary vegetable. Obs.
| 1696 Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 364 A world of vulgar plants and olitories. 1699 ― Kal. Hort. (ed. 9) 130 Trust not to the accidental Mildness of the Weather, so as to neglect timely Cover to your tender Olitories. |
† 2. A kitchen-garden. Obs.
| 1706 Phillips, Olitory, or Olitory Garden, a Kitchen-Garden. 1745 Eliza Heywood Female Spect. No. 15 (1748) III. 125 The refreshing sallad, and all those early products of the useful olitory. 1793 W. Roberts Looker-On No. 65 (1794) III. 5 Why should I injure the olitory, by seeming thus to doubt of its attractions? 1900 Echo 12 June 1/5 No old-world garden was without its ‘olitory’ or garden of herbs, savoury, aromatic, and quaint. |