POESY

n.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
n.

The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as, the heavenly gift of poesy. Shak.

2.
n.

Poetry; metrical composition; poems. Music and poesy used to quicken you. Shak.

3.
n.

A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other thing; a posy. Bacon.


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