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furner Obs. exc. dial.|ˈfɜːnə(r)|
Also 5–6 furnour, 7 furnar.
[late ME. furnour, ad. OF. fornier:—late L. furnārius, f. furn-us oven.]
1. One who has charge of an oven; a baker.
a1483Liber Niger in Househ. Ord. (1790) 70 One yoman furnour also in this office [the Bakehouse] making the weyght of brede. 1555Will of T. Clayton (Somerset Ho.), To Christofer Strongman my furnour xxs. 1612Sturtevant Metallica (1854) 117 Glasse windowes..so that thereby the Furnar may continually see and behold his Rawe-matters..and how his fire and Furnace worketh upon them. 1616Trav. Eng. Pilgr. in Harl. Misc. I. 338 The country people bring their eggs..to this place, where there is an oven, or furnace, purposely kept temperately warm; and the furner, or master thereof standeth ready at a little door, to receive the eggs. 1736Lewis Hist. Isle Tenet (ed. 2) 36 Furner, a baker. 1887Kent Gloss., Furner, a baker.
2. (See quots.)
1598Florio, Bisciere, a furner or a maulkin. 1847–78Halliwell, Furner, a malkin for an oven. Linc. |