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▪ I. utterer, n.|ˈʌtərə(r)|
Also 6 Sc. -ar.
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
†1. One who sells; a seller, vendor. Obs.
1542–3Act 34 & 35 Hen. VIII, c. 6 The Penaltie..shall oonelie extende to the Utterer and Seller of the saide Pynnes. 1593Brief Note Obs. Fish-Days ⁋6 Net-makers, Saile-makers,..and Vtterers of Fish, maintained chiefly by fishing. 1653Ordin. Contin. Excise 17 Mar. 110 For all Spirits.., upon every Gallon, to bee paid by the Utterer and Seller thereof, one shilling.
b. One who utters counterfeit coin, forged notes, etc.
1731Flying Post 24 June 2/1 The Utterer of the forged Bank-notes. 1796Colquhoun Police Metropolis 107 This sort of counterfeit coinage is..the least profitable to the Dealer, who..disposes of it to the utterers, vulgarly called Smashers. 1859H. Kingsley G. Hamlyn xiii, We could lay our hands on the utterer of the [forged] cheques at any moment. 1862H. Marryat Year in Sweden II. 241 Coiners and utterers of base money. 1887Pall Mall G. 19 March 3/2 The coiners manufacture, and the utterers buy and distribute.
2. One who utters, speaks, or expresses in language.
1509Hawes Past. Pleas. xii. (Percy Soc.) 47 Whan the utterer, wythout impediment,..Dothe his tale unto them tretably. 1567Drant Horace, Ep. To Rdr. *iiij, To be able vtterers of the gospell. 1594Hooker Eccl. Pol. ii. iv. §1 Things are made credible, either by the knowne Condition and qualitie of the Vtterer, or [etc.]. 1613W. Browne Brit. Past. i. ii. 35 Barre I those lips? fit to be th' vttrers, when The heauens would parly with the chiefe of men. 1672Dryden Assignation iii. i, For Beatrix, she's a meer Utterer of Yes and No. 1785Holcroft Tales of Castle (ed. 2) I. 69 Falsehood..sooner or later..brings dishonour on its utterer. 1841S. Warren Ten Thousand a Year ii. iv, A single successful speech..opens before its utterer the shining doors of fashion. 1846Maurice Relig. World ii. ii. (1861) 170 He feels and confesses himself to be only a reflection of the divine Light, an utterer of the divine Voice. 1893Liddon Life Pusey I. iv. 84 The utterer of maxims..useful to bear in mind.
†b. One who discloses, reveals, declares, or publishes. Obs.
1549Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. Rom. 18 The lawe is not authour of synne, but the vtterer and apeacher therof. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 101 That holy spyrit (vtterer of all truthe). 1587Holinshed Chron. (ed. 2) III. 1132/1 The vtterer of which conspiracie was one White. 1590Spenser F.Q. ii. ix. 25 Vtterers of secrets he from thence debard.
▪ II. † ˈutterer, a. Obs. rare.
[A double comparative, f. utter a. + -er3.]
Situated farther out.
c1410Lantern of Light 73 Crist seide..sende him in to þe vttirar dercknes. |