spicery
noun
spiceries
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pluralof spicery.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He drove a great trade in spiceries and herbs with the Venetians, from which he had acquired much wealth; and he disdained no branch of business whereby anything was to be made.
From Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter by Thomas Carlyle
In this, there are many spiceries, and great mines of gold and other metals.
From The Northmen, Columbus and Cabot, 985-1503 by Julius E. Olson
Did not cotton spin itself, beef grow, and groceries and spiceries come in from the East and the West, quite comfortably by the side of shams?
From Latter-Day Pamphlets by Thomas Carlyle
Basora is near the head of the gulf of Persia, and drives a great trade in spiceries and drugs, which come from Ormus.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 07 by Robert Kerr
The Normans appear to have traded very extensively in spiceries; but it is uncertain, whether they brought them directly from the Mediterranean: they likewise traded to the east country or Baltic countries.
From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson by William Stevenson
