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▪ I. ferrer1 Obs. exc. dial.|ˈfɛrə(r)|
[ad. OF. ferriere: see barrel-ferrer.]
a. = barrel-ferrer.
b. (See quot. 1877).
a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. 75 Ther sergeaunt [of the cellar] hathe in keepinge..ferrers and portatives. 1877N.W. Linc. Gloss., Ferrer, a cask having iron hoops.
▪ II. † ˈferrer2, ˈferrour Obs.
Forms: 4–8 ferrer, 4–5 ferour, 5–6 ferror, -our(e, 6 farrour, (5 ferere, -owre, ferrur, 6 farrer, ferrar).
[a. OF. ferreor, ferour (Fr. ferreur) = Sp. herrador, It. ferratore:—med.L. ferrātōr-em, agent-n. f. ferrāre to shoe horses, f. ferrum iron, in med.L. horeshoe: see farrier.]
1. A worker in iron; a smith.
c1380Wyclif Serm. Sel. Wks. I. 407 God is a ferour and he is Goddis instrument. c1400Destr. Troy 1593 Fferrers, flechours, fele men of crafte. 14..Nominale in Wr.-Wülcker 686 Hic farrator, a ferrur. c1440Promp. Parv. 157/2 Ferrowre, smythe, ferrarius. 1583Golding Calvin on Deut. cxxxvii. 845 The Farrour or locksmith hath an anuel. 1609Holland Amm. Marcell. xiv. xi. 28 Andriscus..she taught the Ferrars craft for to get his living.
2. = farrier 1.
1426E.E. Wills (1882) 76, I make myn executours..Iohn Carpinter, comoun clerk, & Iohn Spore, ferroure. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. (Percy Soc.) 9 Brydel bytters, blacke smythes, and ferrars. 1552Huloet, Ferroure, horseleche, or smythe whyche cureth horses, veterinarius medicus. 1601Holland Pliny II. 480 Poppæa..was knowne to cause her Ferrers ordinarily to shooe her coach-horses..with cleane gold. 1798Sporting Mag. XII. 21 Encouraged by the nobility..as riding-masters or ferrers.
3. With n. prefixed as sergeant-ferrer, valet-ferrer, yeoman-ferrer: An official who had care of the horses in a large household.
1455Househ. Ord. 23 In th' office of the Stable—1 Sergeant Ferrour—1 Yoman Ferrour. a1512Fabyan Chron. vii. 686 A tall yoman, somtyme sergeaunt ferrour to the kyng. 1541Act 33 Hen. VIII, c. 12 §16 The serieant or chief ferrour..shall..bringe with him the serynge yrons. 1601F. Tate Househ. Ord. Edw. II, §56 (1876) 44 He shal haue a vallet ferrour under him to shue the horses. |