oliprancet (oliprans)

[ Of rych atyre ys here a vaunce, Prykyng here hors wyth olypraunce . Rob . of Brunne , Handlyng Synne, p. 145. Thus in pryde & olipraunce his empyre he haldes, In lust & in lecher ye, & lothelych werkkes. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 1349. 2. Rude, boisterous merriment; a romping match. Hollo way. ( Hall i well ). [Prov. Eng.] olisatrum (ō-li-sat'rum), n. See alexanders, 1. olitory (ol'i-tō-ri), a. and n. [L. olitorius, of or belonging to a kitchen-gardener, or to vegetables, Now was publish'd my "French Gardener," the first and best of the kind that introduc'd ye use of the Olitorie gar Evelyn , Diary, Dec. 6, 1658. den to any purpose. II. n.; pl. olitories (-riz). 1. A vegetable or other pot-herb of the kinds commonly grown in kitchen-gardens. Pliny indeede enumerates a world of vulgar plants and olitories, but they fall infinitely short of our physic gardens, books, and herbals, every day augmented by our sedu Evelyn, To Mr. Wotton. lous botanists. 2. A kitchen-garden. None of the productions of the olitory affect finery. Hervey, Meditations, I. 79.