auctionary

English

Etymology

(deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin auctionarius.

Adjective

auctionary (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to an auction.
   • (Can we date this quote by Dryden and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     with auctionary hammer in thy hand

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “auctionary”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• cautionary