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Definition of Petraries
1. petrary [n] - See also: petrary
Lexicographical Neighbors of Petraries
Literary usage of Petraries
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Matthew Paris, Roger (1849)
"... called ' Novent,' in which Geoffrey with his two sons had shut themselves;
and when, after repeated discharges from our petraries for three days, ..."
2. Roger of Wendover's Flowers of History: Comprising the History of England by Roger, Matthew Paris (1849)
"... called ' Novent,' in which Geoffrey with his two sons had shut themselves;
and when, after repeated discharges from our petraries for three days, ..."
3. Ancient Armour and Weapons in Europe: From the Iron Period of the Northern by John Hewitt (1860)
"... and petraries, the heads of those whom they had slain into the camp of the
Franks, that by such means they might lacerate their feelings. ..."
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