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Webster 1913 Edition

Butchery

Butch′er-y

,
Noun.
[OE.
bocherie
shambles, fr. F.
boucherie
. See
Butcher
,
Noun.
]
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
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Butchery

BUTCH'ERY

,
Noun.
The business of slaughtering cattle for the table or for market.
1.
Murder, especially murder committed with unusual barbarity; great slaughter.
2.
The place where animals are killed for market; a shambles, or slaughter-house; also,a place where blood is shed.

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