Sav"age*ry [F. sauvagerie.]
1.
The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.
A like work of primeval savagery.
C. Kingsley.
2.
An act of cruelty; barbarity.
The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke,
That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage
Presented to the tears of soft remorse.
Shak.
3.
Wild growth, as of plants.
Shak.
© Webster 1913.