Imagery \Im"age*ry\, n. [OE. imagerie, F. imagerie.]

1. The work of one who makes images or visible representation of objects; imitation work; images in general, or in mass. ``Painted imagery.'' --Shak.

In those oratories might you see Rich carvings, portraitures, and imagery. --Dryden.

2. Fig.: Unreal show; imitation; appearance.

What can thy imagery of sorrow mean? --Prior.

3. The work of the imagination or fancy; false ideas; imaginary phantasms.

The imagery of a melancholic fancy. --Atterbury.

4. Rhetorical decoration in writing or speaking; vivid descriptions presenting or suggesting images of sensible objects; figures in discourse.

I wish there may be in this poem any instance of good imagery. --Dryden.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)