Also 6 -ery. [ad. mod.L. syllabārīum: see prec. Cf. F. syllabaire, Sp. silabario spelling-book.] A collection, set, system, list, or table of syllables. Also attrib.
1586. Ferne, Blaz. Gentrie, To Gentl. Inner Temple A v. If any neuer so meere a Syllabery, or Christ crosse losell, haue clumperd vp (with the helpe of some rude and grosse Minerua) any worke, straightwaies it is meete for all to reade.
1654. Brooksbank, Rules Syllabication (title-p.), With Directions for the use of the English Syllabary, and the English Monosyllabary.
1839. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., I. 121. The Japanese syllabary.
1873. Earle, Philol. Engl. Tongue (ed. 2), § 91. The Chinese writing has led to syllabaries among the Japanese, and to an alphabet among the Coreans.
1879. Jefferies, Wild Life in S. Co., 149. The starling has a whole syllabary of his own, every note of which evidently has its meaning.
1883. Sayce, Fresh Light fr. Anc. Mon., Introd. 12. The Persian cuneiform system must have consisted of an alphabet, and not of a syllabary.
