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▪ I. farrier, n.|ˈfærɪə(r)|
Forms: 6–8 ferrier, farriar, (7 farrior, -yer), 6– farrier.
[a. OF. ferrier:—L. ferrārius, f. ferr-um iron, in med.L. (often ferrus) horseshoe.
The synonym ferrour, current in Eng. in 14–16th c., is a different formation.]
1. One who shoes horses; a shoeing-smith; hence, also one who treats the diseases of horses.
1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §3 The..Crafts..of..Smiths, Farriers. 1622F. Markham Bk. War v. ii. §6 An excellent Smith or Farryer who shall euer be furnished with Horse⁓shooes, nayles, and drugges, both for inward and outward applycations. 1718Quincy Compl. Disp. 80 Essential Oil is much in use amongst our Farriers. 1751Smollett Per. Pic. (1779) I. xvii. 146 Blacksmith and ferrier. 1821Scott Kenilw. x, The light stroke of a hammer as when a farrier is at work. 1872Yeats Techn. Hist. Comm. 178 Farriers or shoeing smiths appeared first in Germany.
2. An official who has care of the horses in a cavalry regiment. Also farrier-major, corporal-farrier, serjeant-farrier.
1832Regul. Instr. Cavalry iii. 60 The Farriers and Band fall out. 1844Regul. & Ord. Army 373 The Troop Farrier is carefully to examine each foot of every Horse. 1868Ibid. ⁋317 The Farrier Major is liable to be reduced for misconduct to the rank and pay of Farrier. 1885Ibid. 279 Serjeant-farriers at home (including corporal-farriers of the Household Cavalry) are required to train men to become efficient as shoeing smiths. Ibid. 281 The services of the farrier quartermaster-serjeant are to be placed entirely at the disposal of the veterinary surgeon.
†3. With n. prefixed, as sergeant-farrier, yeoman-farrier = ferrour 3. Obs.
1647Haward Crown Rev. 33 Three Yeomen ferriers. 1711Lond. Gaz. No. 4791/4 John Willis, late Sergeant-Farrier.
4. Comb., as farrier-like adj.
1809Med. Jrnl. XXI. 308 Relieving them [strictures] in some scientific way; not by the Farrier-like..methods too commonly practiced.
▪ II. farrier, v. rare.|ˈfærɪə(r)|
[f. the n.]
1. trans. To treat (an animal) as a farrier does.
1814Selby & M. Weighton Road Act ii. 7 Beasts..returning from being shoed or farriered.
2. intr. To practise farriery.
Hence ˈfarriering vbl. n., the action of the vb.
1707Mortimer Husb. 154 The Art of Farriering and Cow-leeching. a1873Livingstone in Boy's Own Paper (1889) 7 Sept. 778/3 Carpentering, gun-mending, farriering. |