Sellary
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sellary is a noun meaning Obsolete spelling of salary.
Meaning
Obsolete spelling of salary.
More Meanings
- Obsolete spelling of celery.
- (obsolete) A male prostitute.
- (obsolete, rare) A public gathering place with benches or stools for sitting on.
Example Sentences
Sellary eat in Sallad warms the Stomach; boil'd in Gruel, it helps a short Breath
Others Are rauish’d hence…and…dealt away Vnto his Spintries, Sellaries, and Slaues.
tuncque primum ignota antea vocabula reperta sunt sellariorum et spintriarum ex foeditate loci
Pray aſk Mr. Synge whether his Fenocchio be grown; it is now fit to eat here, and we eat it like Sellary, either with or without Oil, &c.
Word Forms
- sellaries
Related Dictionary Tools
Sources & Attribution
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.