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Definition of Hostry
1. n. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house.
Definition of Hostry
1. Noun. (obsolete) A hostelry. (defdate 14th-18th c.) ¹
2. Noun. (obsolete) A stable for horses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hostry
1. a lodging [n HOSTRIES] - See also: lodging
Medical Definition of Hostry
1. 1. A hostelry; an inn or lodging house. 2. A stable for horses. Origin: OE. Hosterie, osterie, OF. Hosterie. See Host a landlord. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hostry
Literary usage of Hostry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Courts of Exchequer and by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Roger Meeson, William Newland Welsby, John Innes Clark Hare, Great Britain Court of Exchequer Chamber, Horace Binney Wallace (1837)
"e in the hostry, and goods sent to a fair or market, are not so delivered.
LI rd Chief Baron Gilbert, on Distresses, p. 35, states the rule to be as ..."
2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of Exchequer: With a by Great Britain Court of Exchequer, Charles James Gale (1838)
"... nor the horse, &c. in the hostry, nor materials in the weaver's shop for making
of cloth, nor cloth or yarn in a tailor's shop, nor sacks of corn and ..."
3. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"27- hostry. An inn ; from host. And now 'tis at home in mine '.oi/ry. ... me an
hostry 'mong^t the croaking frogs. And harbour here in safety from those ..."
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