Dictionary entry

Stannary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Stan″na‐ry (@stăn″nȧ‐ry̆), a. [L. stannum tin, an alloy of silver and lead.] Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works.

The stannary courts of Devonshire and Cornwall, for the administration of justice among the tinners therein, are also courts of record. Blackstone.