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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 1.6 [wn]:
poesy
n : literature in metrical form [syn: {poetry}, {verse}]
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