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English
Noun
dromedarie (plural dromedaries)
- Obsolete spelling of dromedary.
1630, John Taylor, “Taylors Pastorall, being Both Historicall and Satyricall. ”, in All the Workes of Iohn Taylor the Water-poet. , London: Iames Boler; , →OCLC, page 52; republished in The Works of John Taylor the Water Poet (Publications of the Spenser Society; no. 2), : Spenser Society, 1868, →OCLC, page 536, column 2:The Dromedarie, Camell, Horſe, and Aſſe, / For loade and carriage doth a Sheepe ſurpaſſe: [...]
1650, Edward Leigh, “Δρόμος [Drómos]”, in Critica Sacra in Two Parts: The First Containing Observations on All the Radices, or Primitive Hebrevv Words of the Old Testament, in Order Alphabetical. The Second Philologicall and Theologicall Observations upon All the Greek Words of the New Testament, in Order Alphabetical. , 3rd edition, London: Thomas Underhill , →OCLC, page 74, column 2:[T]he Dromedarie [...] who is marvellous ſwift, and will run an hundred miles in a day; but the Germanes call a dull and ſlow man a Dromedary, [...]
1651 February 3 (Gregorian calendar), John Evelyn, “”, in William Bray, editor, Memoirs, Illustrative of the Life and Writings of John Evelyn, , 2nd edition, volume I, London: Henry Colburn, ; and sold by John and Arthur Arch, , published 1819, →OCLC, page 249:I went to see a Dromedarie, a very monstrous beaste, much like the Camel but larger.