barber surgery (barber ser" jeri)

The occupation or practice of a barber-surgeon; hence, bungling work, like that of a low practitioner of surgery. Slits it into four, that he may the better come at it with his barber -surgery. Milton , Col aster i on. barberyl (bär'ber-i), n. [Early mod. E. also barbary (ME. barborery ), barberie , bar bier , a barber: see barber and -ery.] 1. A barber's shop.-2. The occupation or craft of a barber. [Rare.] The union of surgery and barbery was partially di olved in 1540 (32 Henry VIII., c. 42), the barbers being confined by that Act to their own busine , plus blood-letting and tooth-drawing. N. and Q., 7th ser., II. 196.