soldiery (soljeri)

[Early mod. E. soul diery, sold i ourie; Basilius... inquired of his estate, adding promise of great rewards, among the rest offering to him, if he would exercise his courage in soldiery , he would commit some charge unto him under his lieutenant Philanax. Sir P. Sidney, Arcadia, i. sects. The two lined soldier-beetle, Tel ephor us bilineatus, is also common in the United States. It preys upon the larvæ of the cod ling-moth.