ewry

yu’ry. In England an office in the king’s household, where they take care of the linen for the king’s table, lay the cloth, and serve up water in ewers after dinner. EX. A Latin preposition or prefix, Gr. signifying out of, out, proceeding from. Hence in composition, it signifies sometimes out of, as in exhale, exclude; sometimes off, from or out, as in L. excindo, to cut off or out; sometimes beyond, as in excess, exceedIn some words it is merely emphatical; in others it has little effect on the signification.