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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Cookery

/(ko͝ok"ẽr*y̆)/ · Cook·er·y · IPA /ˈkʊk(ə)ɹi/
01 n. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.
  1. 1.
    The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat; cooking.
  2. 2.
    A delicacy; a dainty.[Obs.]