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▪ I. lorimer, loriner Now Hist.|ˈlɒrɪmə(r), ˈlɒrɪnə(r)|
Forms: α. 5 loryner, lorriner, 6– loriner; β. loyrymer, 5–6 lorymar, -er, 6 loremar, lorymere, lormener, (Sc.) loremair, lowriemeir, 3– lorimer.
[a. OF. loremier, lorenier (F. lormier), f. lorain (see lorain). For the substitution of m for n cf. latimer.]
A maker of bits and metal mountings for horses' bridles; also, a spurrier, and (generally) a maker of small iron ware and a worker in wrought-iron.
(The name persists only in the title of one of the London livery companies.)
[c1225Garlande in Wright Voc. 123 Lorimarii dicuntur a loris (seu loralibus) quæ faciunt.] a1225Ancr. R. 184 He is þi uile [MS. T. þat lorimers habben], & uileð awei al þi rust. 1415in York Myst. Introd. 22 Sporiers..Lorymers. 14..Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 686/21 Hic lorinarius, a loryner.
1453Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 161 Et de 6d. sol. loyrymer pro..emendale de les barres fenestrarum. 1469Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 538 Item, my master paid to lorymer of London fore vj. brydille bittes..vij.s. ij.d. a1500Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 593/33 Lorimarius, a sporyare, or a lormener. 1503Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York (1830) 97 Item to Symond Warde..lorymere for v dd bittes at xiiijs. the dd, lxxs. 1536Leland Itin. IV. ii. 186 b, Many Loriners that make Bittes. 1603Stow Surv. Lond. 542 Lorimars, the warden and two persons. 1656Blount Glossogr., Lorimers, is one of the Companies of London, that makes bits for horse bridles, spurs, and such like small iron work. 1833J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 313 The manufacture of all the metallic parts of horse furniture was carried on..by artisans, incorporated under the denomination of loriners and spurriers. 1884Rep. Comm. Livery Comp. Lond. III. 567 The Loriners of London appear first to have recorded their ordinances as a mystery in 1245. 1898Besant Orange Girl i. i, Alderman Paul Halliday, Citizen and Loriner.
▪ II. lorimer
see lorymer, obs. f. larmier. |