Also 7 vivarie. [ad. L. vīvārium VIVARIUM: see -ARY1. Cf. also VIVER1 and VIVIER.]
1. = VIVARIUM 2. Also fig. Now rare or Obs.
1601. Donne, Progr. Soul, iii. That swimming Colledge, and free Hospitall Of all mankinde, that cage and vivarie Of fowles, and beasts.
1660. F. Brooke, trans. Le Blanc’s Trav., 140. Slaves … who have no other office then to hunt the Woods and Marshes for triple-coloured tortoises for the Kings Vivary.
1699. Evelyn, Acetaria (1729), 118. Of Aviaries, Apiaries, Vivaries, Insects, &c.
1865. Reader, No. 139. 233/1. Our marine-water vivaries.
b. = VIVARIUM 2 b. rare–1.
1781. G. White, Selborne, xcviii. I spent a fortnight at the house of a friend, where there was such a vivary.
2. = VIVARIUM 1. Also fig.
1628. Coke, Inst. (1642), II. 100. Vivarium … in Law … signifieth Parks, Warrens, and Pischaries or Fishings…. They might imprison such as they should take in their Parks or Vivaries.
1659. C. Noble, Inexpediency Exped., 4. The Remedy that is prescribed is the very Seed and Sperm, the very Nursery, and Fomenter, and Vivary of that difference.
1670. Blount, Glossogr. (ed. 3). [Hence in Phillips, Bailey, etc.]
1851. T. H. Turner, Dom. Archit., I. iii. 140. There was a pond, or vivary, in the garden, and the bailiff expended eight shillings … to feed the pikes in it.
1858. W. Johnson, Ionica, 60. In stagnant vivaries they lie Forgetful of their ancient haunts.
1863. J. R. Walbran, Mem. Fountains Abbey (Surtees), I. 191. The monks converted a marsh into a vivary which may still be traced.
