a. and sb. Obs. [ad. Gr. ἐμπορητικ-ός, f. ἐμπορεύεσθαι to trade, f. ἔμπορος trader: see EMPORIUM.]
A. adj. Of or pertaining to trade.
B. sb. a. sing. (See quot.) b. pl. Articles manufactured for sale.
1612. Sturtevant, Metallica (1854), 37. Emporeuticks which they [Joyners, Smiths, etc.] ordinarily make, as Presses … Bellowes, Tongs. Ibid., 50. The Emporeutick … treateth of the worke of the art … wares for use and sale.
Hence † Emporeutical, a. Obs.; = prec. adj.
1612. Sturtevant, Metallica (1854), 50. The first [part] is called Organic, and the other Emporeutical or Polecall.
