glazery en · NOUN
Etymology
From glaze + -ery.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The art of installing windows.
In the Conſtruction, regard is had to the Firmneſs of the Foundation, the Strength of the Maſonry, the Quality of the Stone, Sand, Lime, and Mortar; or, to ſpeak properly, the Conſtruction, rather, conſiſts of ſeveral diſtinct parts; as the Maſonry, Carpentry, Joinery, Smithery, Glazery, Roofing, &c.
1732, Sebastian Le Clerc, translated by [Ephraim] Chambers, A Treatise of Architecture, with Remarks and Observations. […], London: […] Richard Ware […], page 2:[…] he, mean time, ran into the town, and procured the glaſs, on the receipt of which I inſtantly threw him ten more piſtoles. Before the hour of noon and viſitation came, every thing was once more reinſtated, my glazery performed to a miracle, and the life of my worthy Gefhardt preſerved!
1795, Thomas Holcroft, transl., The Life of Baron Frederic Trenck; Containing His Adventures; His Cruel and Excessive Sufferings, During Ten Years Imprisonment, at the Fortress of Magdeburg, by Command of the Late King of Prussia; Also, Anecdotes, Historical, Political, and Personal., volume I, London: […] G. G. and J. Robinson, […], page 358:The Roman invasion served to introduce many improvements, whereby the inhabitants would learn to model their vessels with a lathe, to give them the polish of a glazery, flourish them with carvings, and to emboss them with figures.
1854, A History of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford. Compiled from Various Authentic Sources, Both Ancient and Modern: and Embracing an Account of the Coal and Iron Trade., Wolverhampton: William Parke, […]; London: J. Masters, […], page 119:[…] almost every little pane of glass in them, had been so often pieced and patched, that it became eventually doubtful, whether any of their original glazery existed.
1842, the O’Hara Family, Father Connell, volume II, London: T. C. Newby, […] and T. & W. Boone, […], page 39: