(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:39:29

Os"ti*a*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [L. ostium door, entrance. See Usher.]

1.

The mouth of a river; an estuary.

[R.]

Sir T. Browne.

2.

One who keeps the door, especially the door of a church; a porter.

N. Bacon.

 

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