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▪ I. hellier Now dial.|ˈhɛljə(r)|
Also 5–6 helyer, helier, 5, 9 hillyer.
[ME. helyer, f. hele v., to cover: cf. sawyer, etc.]
A slater or tiler.
c1450T. Walsingham Hist. Angl. an. 1381 in Camden Anglica, Hibernica, etc. (1602) 252 Ductor..dictus Walterus Helier, vel Tyler. Ibid. 265 Walterus Tyler vel vt quidam dicunt Walterus Helyer. 1467Ordin. Worcester in Eng. Gilds (1870) 398 Tylers called hillyers. 1562Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §30 The Art..of a Smith..Bricklayer, Tyler, Slater, Helier, Tyle-maker. 1625Ussher Answ. Jesuit 287 He that covereth the house with tile or slate, is from thence commonly called a hellier. 1669S. Colepress in Phil. Trans. IV. 1009 The most experienced Helliers (or Coverors with Slat). 1725Lond. Gaz. No. 6400/8 Francis Budd, late of Horwood, Hellier. 1888Elworthy W. Somerset Word-bk., Hellier, a slater; one who heles roofs..A thatcher is never called a hellier. [Hence the surnames Hellier, Helyar, Hillyer, Hilliard, Helyard.]
▪ II. hellier
obs. form of halyard. |