var. of quiry, obs. aphetic form of EQUERRY, royal stables, stud.
c. 1565. Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot., 159 (Jam.). The King … caused his Mr. Stabler to pass to his cuirie, where his great horse were.
1601. Holland, Pliny, II. 327. The Empresse Poppæa … had her cuirie of she Asses in her traine … onely to wash and bath her body in their milke.
