stannary
English edit
Etymology edit
From Late Latin stannaria, from Latin stannum (“tin”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈstænəɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Hyphenation: stan‧na‧ry
Adjective edit
stannary (not comparable)
- Of or pertaining to tin mining, especially in Cornwall.
- 1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC:
- The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record.
Related terms edit
Noun edit
stannary (plural stannaries)
- A tin mine or tinworks.
- 1648, J[oseph] Hall, chapter XVII, in Select Thoughts: Or, Choice Helps for a Pious Spirit. […], London: […] Nath[aniel] Brooke, […], published 1654, →OCLC, page 186:
- If by publike lavv the mint vvere ordained to be onely ſupplyed by our ſtanneries, hovv currantly vvould they paſs for more precious then ſilver mines?