Word Meanings - DRYSALTERY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.

BUSINESS
The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal. 7. Care; anxiety; diligence. Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. Wycherley. -- To make one's
DRYSALTER
A dealer in salted or dried meats, pickles, sauces, etc., and in the materials used in pickling, salting, and preserving various kinds of food Hence drysalters usually sell a number of saline substances and miscellaneous drugs. Brande & C.
DRYSALTERY
The articles kept by a drysalter; also, the business of a drysalter.
BUSINESSLIKE
In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.