Obs. [f. BOY sb.1 + -ERY.] Boyhood.
1580. North, Plutarch (1676), 42. They called … the greatest boyes Melirenes: as who should say, ready to go out of boyery.
1656. Dugard, Gate Lat. Unl., § 199. 55. Infancy is ignorant of itself, boyerie is passed over in sports.
