glazeryとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

glazery (uncountable)

1. The art of installing windows.
   • 1732, Sebastian Le Clerc, [Ephraim] Chambers, transl., A Treatise of Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. […], London: […] Richard Ware […], page 2:

     In the Conſtruction, regard is had to the Firmneſs of the Foundation, the Strength of the Maſonry, the Quality of the Stone, Sand, Lime, and Mortar; or, to ſpeak properly, the Conſtruction, rather, conſiſts of ſeveral diſtinct parts; as the Maſonry, Carpentry, Joinery, Smithery, Glazery, Roofing, &c.

   • 1795, Thomas Holcroft, transl., The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; Containing His Adventures; His Cruel and Excessive Sufferings, During Ten Years Imprisonment, at the Fortress of Magdeburg, by Command of the Late King of Prussia; Also, Anecdotes, Historical, Political, and Personal., volume I, London: […] G. G. and J. Robinson, […], page 358:

     […] he, mean time, ran into the town, and procured the glaſs, on the receipt of which I inſtantly threw him ten more piſtoles. Before the hour of noon and viſitation came, every thing was once more reinſtated, my glazery performed to a miracle, and the life of my worthy Gefhardt preſerved!

   • 1842, the O’Hara Family, Father Connell, volume II, London: T. C. Newby, […] and T. & W. Boone, […], page 39:

     […] almost every little pane of glass in them, had been so often pieced and patched, that it became eventually doubtful, whether any of their original glazery existed.

   • 1854, A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford. Compiled from Various Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern: and Embracing an Account of the Coal and Iron Trade., Wolverhampton: William Parke, […]; London: J. Masters, […], page 119:

     The Roman invasion served to introduce many improvements, whereby the inhabitants would learn to model their vessels with a lathe, to give them the polish of a glazery, flourish them with carvings, and to emboss them with figures.