Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An establishment for the commercial rearing of silkworms.
- noun The art or practice of rearing or breeding silkworms.
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- noun Alternative form of
magnanery .
Etymologies
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Examples
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To preserve an even temperature, charcoal fires were lighted in the magnanerie, until the little black caterpillars, having transformed themselves into repulsive flabby white worms, these worms became obsessed with the desire to increase the world's supply of silk, and to gratify them, twigs were placed in the trays for them to spin their cocoons on.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
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Three old women, celebrated for their skill in rearing silkworms, came down from the mountains, and the magnanerie, as lofts devoted to silkworm culture are called, was filled with huge trays fashioned with reeds.
The Days Before Yesterday Frederick Spencer Hamilton 1892
ruzuzu commented on the word magnanerie
Not what I was expecting.
October 1, 2019