Word Meanings - LIVERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. livrer to deliver, L. liberare to set free, in LL., to The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. The writ by which possession is obtained. Note: It

Additional info about word: LIVERY

gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. livrer to deliver, L. liberare to set free, in LL., to The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. The writ by which possession is obtained. Note: It is usual to say, livery of seizin, which is a feudal investiture, made by the delivery of a turf, of a rod, or twig, from the feoffor to the feoffee. In the United States, and now in Great Britain, no such ceremony is necessary, the delivery of a deed being sufficient. 2. Release from wardship; deliverance. It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative. Milton. 3. That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc.; especially: The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service. The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery. Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London. A Haberdasher and a Carpenter, A Webbe, a Dyer, and a Tapicer, And they were clothed all in one livery Of a solempne and a gret fraternite. Chaucer. From the periodical deliveries of these characteristic articles of servile costume came our word livery. De Quincey. Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance. " April's livery." Sir P. Sidney. Now came still evening on, and twilight gray Had in her sober livery all things clad. Milton. An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. The emperor's officers every night went through the town from house to house whereat any English gentleman did repast or lodge, and served their liveries for all night: first, the officers brought into the house a cast of fine manchet , and of silver two great post, and white wine, and sugar. Cavendish. The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery. What livery is, we by common use in England know well enough, namely, that is, allowance of horse meat, as to keep horses at livery, the which word, I guess, is derived of livering or delivering forth their nightly food. Spenser. It need hardly be observed that the explanation of livery which Spenser offers is perfectly correct, but . . . it is no longer applied to the ration or stated portion of food delivered at stated periods. Trench. The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept. Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. Lowell. 4. A low grade of wool. Livery gown, the gown worn by a liveryman in London.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of LIVERY)

• Attire
• Robes
• garments
• clothing
• vestments
• habiliment
• habit
• raiment
• clothes
• garb
• apparel
• accoutrement
• livery
• uniform
• costume
• Costume
• Uniform
• robes
• Dress
• Garniture
• preparation
• arrangement
• habiliments
• accoutrements
• attire
• array
• investiture

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of LIVERY)

• Disarray
• disarrange
• confuse
• jumble
• divest
• denude
• strip

Related words: (words related to LIVERY)

• DIVESTITURE
  The act of stripping, or depriving; the state of being divested; the deprivation, or surrender, of possession of property, rights, etc.
• DIVESTMENT
  The act of divesting.
• STRIPPING
  The last milk drawn from a cow at a milking. (more info) 1. The act of one who strips. The mutual bows and courtesies . . . are remants of the original prostrations and strippings of the captive. H. Spencer. Never were cows that required
• HABITURE
  Habitude.
• JUMBLEMENT
  Confused mixture.
• UNIFORMISM
  The doctrine of uniformity in the geological history of the earth; -- in part equivalent to uniformitarianism, but also used, more broadly, as opposed to catastrophism.
• HABITED
  1. Clothed; arrayed; dressed; as, he was habited like a shepherd. 2. Fixed by habit; accustomed. So habited he was in sobriety. Fuller. 3. Inhabited. Another world, which is habited by the ghosts of men and women. Addison.
• UNIFORMAL
  Uniform. Herrick.
• DRESSINESS
  The state of being dressy.
• UNIFORMLY
  In a uniform manner; without variation or diversity; by a regular, constant, or common ratio of change; with even tenor; as, a temper uniformly mild. To vary uniformly , to vary with the ratio of the corresponding increments constant; -- said of
• RAIMENT
  1. Clothing in general; vesture; garments; -- usually singular in form, with a collective sense. Living, both food and raiment she supplies. Dryden. 2. An article of dress. Sir P. Sidney.
• DISARRAY
  1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton. 2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe. So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed. Spenser.
• STRIP-LEAF
  Tobacco which has been stripped of its stalks before packing.
• CLOTHESLINE
  A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.
• LIVERY
  gift of clothes made by the master to his servants, prop., a thing delivered, fr. livrer to deliver, L. liberare to set free, in LL., to The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. The writ by which possession is obtained. Note: It
• STRIPLING
  A youth in the state of adolescence, or just passing from boyhood to manhood; a lad. Inquire thou whose son the stripling is. 1 Sam. xvii. 56.
• HABILIMENT
  Dress, in general. Shak. (more info) clothe, orig., to make fit, make ready, fr. habile apt, skillful, L. 1. A garment; an article of clothing. Camden. 2. pl.
• ARRAY
  arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. reithi rigging, harness; akin to E. 1. Order; a regular and imposing arrangement;
• COSTUME
  custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen , for consuetudo custom. 1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period. 2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate
• STRIPPER
  One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards.
• UNDRESS
  To take the dressing, or covering, from; as, to undress a wound. (more info) 1. To divest of clothes; to strip. 2. To divest of ornaments to disrobe.
• SAILCLOTH
  Duck or canvas used in making sails.
• INHABITATE
  To inhabit.
• DEMANDRESS
  A woman who demands.
• UNATTIRE
  To divest of attire; to undress.
• BEDCLOTHES
  Blankets, sheets, coverlets, etc., for a bed. Shak.
• COHABITER
  A cohabitant. Hobbes.
• UNSTRIPED
  Without marks or striations; nonstriated; as, unstriped muscle fibers. (more info) 1. Not striped.
• INHABITATIVENESS
  A tendency or propensity to permanent residence in a place or abode; love of home and country.
• IMPREPARATION
  Want of preparation. Hooker.
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• HEARSECLOTH
  A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall. Bp. Sanderson.
• MESOCUNEIFORM; MESOCUNIFORM
  One of the bones of the tarsus. See 2d Cuneiform.
• BREECHCLOTH
  A cloth worn around the breech.