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wafery

noun

  1. A kitchen or building in which wafers and other pastries are prepared; the department of the royal household responsible for the preparation of wafers.

    historical, obsolete, uncountable

    Item the xi daye paied to Robert a lee yoman of the wafery for carying of the kinge nette for one hole yere ended xvi daye of Aprill laste […]

Where it comes from

From Middle English waaffery, probably from wafre + -ie (equivalent to wafer + -y). Compare Medieval Latin wafria, French wafrie.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry wafery (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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