Hypertext Webster Gateway: "poesy"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Poesy \Po"e*sy\, n. [F. po['e]sie (cf. It. poesia), L. poesis,
from Gr. ?. from ? to make. Cf. {Posy}.]
1. The art of composing poems; poetical skill or faculty; as,
the heavenly gift of poesy. --Shak.
2. Poetry; metrical composition; poems.
Music and poesy used to quicken you. --Shak.
3. A short conceit or motto engraved on a ring or other
thing; a posy. --Bacon.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
poesy
n : literature in metrical form [syn: {poetry}, {verse}]
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