Livery: English to English |
Livery (n.) A low grade of wool. |
Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc. |
Livery (n.) 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, an |
Livery (n.) Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance. |
Livery (n.) Release from wardship; deliverance. |
Livery (n.) That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, etc. |
Livery (n.) The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements. |
Livery (n.) The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery. |
Livery (n.) The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept. |
Livery (n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery. |
Livery (n.) The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service. |
Livery (n.) The writ by which possession is obtained. |
Livery (v. t.) To clothe in, or as in, livery. |