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paviour, -ior|ˈpeɪvɪə(r)|
Forms: 5–9 pavier, (6 pavyer), 7– -ior, -iour.
[f. pave v.; the later form paviour, -ior, was an alteration (perh. after saviour) of earlier pavier, -yer, which again appears to have been altered from paver, after other ns. in -ier 1, q.v.]
1. One who paves or lays pavements.
1426–7Rec. St. Mary at Hill (E.E.T.S.) 66 A pavier and his man to paue in loue lane. c1515Cocke Lorell's B. 9 Pauyers, bell makers, and brasyers. 1579Fulke Confut. Sanders 671 The pauier hath made the lyke woorke of historie vppon the pauemente. a1649Poem attrib. to Chas. I (L.), The corner-stone's misplaced by every paviour; With such a bloody method and behaviour Their ancestors did crucify our Saviour. 1662Gerbier Princ. 33 The Paviors (after the Bricks are laid) throw sharp Sand over them. 1743H. Walpole Corr. (ed. 3) I. lxxxviii. 307 He may be reduced to turn pavior. a1845Hood To M'Adam ii, Thou stood'st thy trial, Mac! and shaved the road..So well, that paviours threw their rammers by.
fig.1853Miss De Quincey in Friendships of Miss Mitford (1882) II. vii. 107 A great pavior in the way of good intentions.
b. A rammer for driving paving-stones.
1875in Knight Dict. Mech. 1882in Ogilvie.
2. A paving-stone: = paver 2. In quot. 1611 collectively (or ? ad. OF. paveure pavement).
1611Coryat Crudities 185 The walke a little without paued with Diamond pauier Contriued partly with free stone, and partly with red marble. 1829Glover's Hist. Derby i. 88 Flags or paviers, and slate or tile stones. 1843Mech. Mag. XXXIX. 192 The difference between malm paviors and stocks was fifteen..shillings per thousand. |