Definition of livery

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Livery (n.) The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery..

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Declamation :: Declamation (n.) The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students..
Obstetrical :: Obstetrical (a.) Of or pertaining to midwifery, or the delivery of women in childbed; as, the obstetric art..
Abortifacient :: Abortifacient (n.) A drug or an agent that causes premature delivery.
Livery :: Livery (n.) Release from wardship; deliverance.
Livery :: 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, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery..
Sluiceway :: Sluiceway (n.) An artificial channel into which water is let by a sluice; specifically, a trough constructed over the bed of a stream, so that logs, lumber, or rubbish can be floated down to some convenient place of delivery..
Obstetrication :: Obstetrication (n.) The act of assisting as a midwife; delivery.
Time :: Time (n.) Hour of travail, delivery, or parturition..
Cephalotome :: Cephalotome (n.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
Trust :: Trust (n.) Credit given; especially, delivery of property or merchandise in reliance upon future payment; exchange without immediate receipt of an equivalent; as, to sell or buy goods on trust..
Feoffment :: Feoffment (n.) A gift or conveyance in fee of land or other corporeal hereditaments, accompanied by actual delivery of possession..
Cephalotripsy :: Cephalotripsy (n.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.
Afterbirth :: Afterbirth (n.) The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, and which come away after delivery..
Livery :: Livery (n.) An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, etc..
Aleconner :: Aleconner (n.) Orig., an officer appointed to look to the goodness of ale and beer; also, one of the officers chosen by the liverymen of London to inspect the measures used in public houses. But the office is a sinecure. [Also called aletaster.].
Colostrum :: Colostrum (n.) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings.
Address :: Address (v. t.) Manner of speaking to another; delivery; as, a man of pleasing or insinuating address..
Delivery :: Delivery (n.) The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon..
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