▪ I. weedery, n.1
(ˈwiːdərɪ)
[f. weed n.1 + -ery.]
Weeds collectively; also, a place where weeds abound.
| 1642 H. More Song of Soul, Psychozoia ii. lxxii, Hard by there was a place, all covered o're With stinging nettles and such weedery. 1814 Southey Roderick vi. 46 The weedery which through The interstices of those neglected courts Uncheck'd had flourish'd long, and seeded there. 1837 Tait's Mag. IV. 629 Two poplars at the end of a strip of weedery. a 1890 M. North Recoll. Happy Life (1892) I. i. 29 Our garden was much of a weedery in those days at Hastings. |
▪ II. weedery, n.2 poet. nonce-wd.
(ˈwiːdərɪ)
[f. weed n.2 + -ery.]
Mourning garments.
| 1908 Hardy Dynasts III. vi. ii. 459 Even as he For whom thou wear'st that filial weedery Was waylaid by my tipstaff nine years since. |