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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Stannary

Stăn'na-ry, a.

adjective

a. [From Lat. stannum, tin.] Of, or pertaining to, tin-mines, or to tin-works.

The stannary courts in Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record, but of the same private and exclusive nature. Blackstone.

Stăn'na-ry, n.

noun

n. [L. Lat. stannaria. See supra.]

  1. A tin-mine; or tin-works. Bp. Hall.
  2. Certain royal rights or prerogatives in respect to tin-mines in a district. [Eng.] Wright.