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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Bouchery, n. Also: boucheory, buchrie; boutcherie, -ery, bowtcharie; bucherie, buch(er)re. [e.m.E. bouchery, -erie, ME. buch-, bocherie, OF. boucherie.]
1. A butcher's shop or stall.c1520-c1535 Nisbet 1 Cor. x. 25.
Al thing that is sald in the bucherie [Wycl. bocherie], ete ye
2. Slaughter, execution, carnage.1533 Boece ii. xii. 84 b.
Aganis the cruell bouchrie of tormentouris Ib. vi. ii. 186 b; etc.
Be his awne boucheory he brocht him self to dede 1533 Bell. Livy I. 167/22.
He was nocht condampnit to service, bot erar to presoun and bouchery 1580 Bk. Univ. Kirk II. 459.
The boutchery and massacre at Pareis 1581 Burne Disput. 190.
Prophaning the sam [sanctuary] vith … filth, … murther, bucherie 1616 Haddington Corr. 132.
We ar sore bwssiett with executiounis: it is ane pietie of the greitt bowtcharie we mak of prettie men 1626 Garden Worthies 104.
No … man of mark … would … be att such boutcherie
3. Attrib. with male (rent).1558 Inverness B. Rec. I. 26; 1559 Ib. 38.
Flescharis [pursued] for … the rest of thair bucherre malis of the Mertimes terme anno lvj … and xl s. for thair buchre malis of Mertimes lvij
