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ferrier|ˈfɛrɪə(r)|
Also 5–7 Sc. feryare, ferrear, -iour, 8, 9 ferryer.
[f. ferry v. + -er1.]
1. = ferryman.
c1440Promp. Parv. 156/2 Feryare, pormeus. 1513Douglas æneis vi. v. 8 Thir riueris..kepit war By ane Charon, a grislie ferriar. 1605Stow Ann. 250 The ferrier and his wife deceesing, left the same ferrie to their daughter. 1752J. B. Maccoll in Scots Mag. Aug. (1753) 400/1 He met Archibald Macinish ferrier. 1860All Year Round No. 55. 119 The ghosts..have..become..ferriers. 1871Browning Balaust. (1881) 45 The ferryer of the dead, Charon..Calls me.
2. dial. (See quot.)
1886Chesh. Gloss., Ferrier, salt-mining term; one who ferries or conveys the rock salt from the workings to the shaft. |