BUTCHERIES

Noun

butcheries

plural of butchery

Source: Wiktionary


BUTCHERY

Butch"er*y, n. Etym: [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.]

1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]

2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak. The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.

3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.] Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.

Syn.

– Murder; slaughter; carnage. See Massacre.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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