·noun A low grade of wool.
II. Livery ·vt To clothe in, or as in, livery.
III. Livery ·noun Release from wardship; deliverance.
IV. Livery ·noun The writ by which possession is obtained.
V. Livery ·noun Hence, any characteristic dress or outward appearance.
VI. Livery ·noun The act of delivering possession of lands or tenements.
VII. Livery ·noun That which is delivered out statedly or formally, as clothing, food, ·etc.
VIII. Livery ·noun An allowance of food statedly given out; a ration, as to a family, to servants, to horses, ·etc.
IX. Livery ·noun The feeding, stabling, and care of horses for compensation; boarding; as, to keep one's horses at livery.
X. Livery ·noun The keeping of horses in readiness to be hired temporarily for riding or driving; the state of being so kept.
XI. Livery ·noun The uniform clothing issued by feudal superiors to their retainers and serving as a badge when in military service.
XII. Livery ·noun The peculiar dress by which the servants of a nobleman or gentleman are distinguished; as, a claret-colored livery.
XIII. Livery ·noun Hence, also, the peculiar dress or garb appropriated by any association or body of persons to their own use; as, the livery of the London tradesmen, of a priest, of a charity school, ·etc.; also, the whole body or company of persons wearing such a garb, and entitled to the privileges of the association; as, the whole livery of London.