Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - livery
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1. n. (pl. -ies) 1 a distinctive clothing worn by a member of a City Company or by a servant. b membership of a City livery company. 2 a distinctive guise or marking or outward appearance (birds in their winter livery). 3 a distinctive colour scheme in which the vehicles, aircraft, etc., of a particular company or line are painted. 4 US a place where horses can be hired. 5 hist. a provision of food or clothing for retainers etc. 6 Law a the legal delivery of property. b a writ allowing this. Phrases and idioms at livery (of a horse) kept for the owner and fed and groomed for a fixed charge. livery company Brit. one of the London City Companies that formerly had a distinctive costume. livery stable a stable where horses are kept at livery or let out for hire. Derivatives liveried adj. (esp. in senses 1, 2). Etymology: ME f. AF liver{eacute}, OF livr{eacute}e, fem. past part. of livrer DELIVER 2. adj. 1 of the consistency or colour of liver. 2 Brit. (of soil) tenacious. 3 colloq. liverish.
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I. noun (plural -eries) see: liberate Date: 14th century the apportioning of provisions especially to servants ; allowance, 2. the distinctive clothing or badge formerly worn by the retainers of a person of rank, a servant's uniform, distinctive dress ; garb, an identifying design (as on a vehicle) that designates ownership, 3. archaic one's retainers or retinue, the members of a British ~ company, the act of delivering legal possession of property, 5. the feeding, stabling, and care of horses for pay, ~ stable, a concern offering vehicles (as boats) for rent, II. adjective Date: 1778 resembling liver, suggesting liver disorder ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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