piscary

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noun

fishery

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Meanings

nounpiscary (countable and uncountable, plural piscaries)

plural piscaries

  1. countableuncountablefishery
  2. countableuncountablelawThe right or privilege of fishing in somebody else's waters.

    It seemed to have been generally understood that the lord could not approve, where the commoners had a right of turbary, piscary, of digging sand, or of taking any species of estovers upon the common.

    1765–1769, William Blackstone, Commentaries on the Laws of England, (please specify |book=I to IV), Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] Clarendon Press, →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold

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Origin

  1. Latinpiscarius“relating to fishes or to fishing”
  2. Englishpiscary

From Latin piscarius (“relating to fishes or to fishing”), from piscis (“a fish”). By surface analysis, Latin pisc- + -ary.

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“piscary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piscary. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “piscary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/piscary.

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