drysaltery

English

Noun

drysaltery (plural drysalteries)

The goods traded by a drysalter.
The business of a drysalter.
- 1842, Robert Browning, “The Pied Piper of Hamelin; A Child's Story”, in Bells and Pomegranates:
  Oh rats, rejoice! / The world is grown to one vast drysaltery!

References

“drysaltery”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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