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Forestry, n. Also: forrestry, -trie. [Forest n.] The district or office of a forester; the rights belonging to a forest. — 1566 Misc. Maitl. C. I. 44.
His landis of Ordingis, lyand within the forrestrie of Boyne 1681 Stair Inst. 234.
Though the lands … may carry the priviledge and office of forrestry, which gives the Baron right to hunt, kill and make use of the deer
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