Babery

Babery
Babery Bab"er*y, n. [Perh. orig. for baboonery. Cf. {Baboon}, and also {Babe}.] Finery of a kind to please a child. [Obs.] ``Painted babery.'' --Sir P. Sidney. [1913 Webster]

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  • Babery — Grotesque images used as decoration in architecture, also in illuminated MSS. Today, we call them gargoyles . [< MdEngl. babywynrie] Cf. Babewyn …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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  • English words first attested in Chaucer — Contents 1 Etymology 2 List 2.1 Canterbury Tales General Prologue …   Wikipedia

  • Baber-lipped — Thick lipped. Cf. Babery; Babewyn …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Babewyn — Any of the ugly or demonic creatures which populate medieval artwork; many are to be found cut in *cathedral stone, tucked away from first gaze. [< OldFr. babuin = grimace, baboon; MdEngl. babywynrie = something monstrous] Cf. Babery; Bagwyn;… …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • Gargoyle — A grotesque figure, e.g. on the gutter of a roof, through whose mouth rainwater spouts; a distinctive feature of *Gothic architecture. [< OldFr. gargouille = throat; thus the passage of water from the mouth] Cf. Babery; Blemmya …   Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

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