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bailey(dictionary)
Old Bailey(dictionary)
Bailey's(dictionary)
BAILEY CONTROLS(finance)
Bailey, David(dictionary)
Bailey (as used in expressions)(encyclopedia)
Bailey, Pearl (Mae)(encyclopedia)
Bailey bridge(dictionary)
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey(encyclopedia)

mercery (iou) and bailey (iou)


mercery (iou)



mercery noun. ME.
[Old & mod. French mercerie, from mercier: see MERCER, -Y3.]
collect. The wares sold by a mercer. ME.
the Mercery, the Mercers' Company; the trade in mercery; the part of a city where this is carried on. LME-M17.
A mercer's shop. L19.

bailey (iou)



bailey noun. ME.
[Prob. from Old French bail, bail(l)e (whence medieval Latin ballium, ballia): see BAIL noun2.]
The outer wall and first line of defence of a castle; gen. any of a castle's defensive circuits. ME.
The outer court of a castle; any of the courts enclosed between the circuits of walls or defences. E16.
Old Bailey the seat of the Central Criminal Court in London, which formerly stood in the ancient bailey of the city wall between Lud Gate and New Gate.