Sekirov Dictionary

livery

/ˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/

noun 12
adjective 2
verb 1
forms 5

noun12

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Any distinctive identifying uniform worn by a group, such as the uniform worn by chauffeurs and male servants.
- Going into the hall he saw a handsome groom, in a braided livery and a bear fur cape, holding a white fur cloak. — 1901
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The paint scheme of a vehicle or fleet of vehicles.
- The airline's new livery received a mixed reaction from the press.
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Outward markings, fittings or appearance
- When forty winters shall beseige thy brow, dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, Will be a tatter'd weed, of small worth held: — 1609
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The rental of horses or carriages; the rental of canoes; the care and/or boarding of horses for money.
- […] Pegasus does not stand at livery even at the largest establishment in Moorfields. — 1876
(historical) A stable that keeps horses or carriages for rental.
(US) A taxicab or limousine.
The whole body of liverymen, members of livery companies.
The delivery of property from one owner to the next.
The writ by which property is obtained.
An allowance of food; a ration, as given out to a family, to servants, to horses, etc.
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Release from wardship; deliverance.
- It concerned them first to sue out their livery from the unjust wardship of his encroaching prerogative. — 1649
A low grade of wool.

adjective2

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Like liver.
- We are happy for the chopped mushrooms within the warm goose liver paté, for the coarse, highly seasoned wedge has a robust livery flavour the 'shrooms manage to ease. — 2004
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Queasy, liverish.
- He woke feeling livery, and aware that he had overslept the morning. — 1938

verb1

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(no longer used) To clothe.
- He liveried his servants in the most modest of clothing.

forms

liveried · liverying · liveries · more livery · most livery

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