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   Butchery (), n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.]
   1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]
   
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   2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter.  Shak.
   
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   The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.
   
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   3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.]
   
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   Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.
   
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   Syn. -- Murder; slaughter; carnage. See Massacre.
   
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