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† quarrer Obs.
Forms: 4–5 quarer(e, 4 quarrer(e, quariere.
[a. OF. quarriere f. (12th c.; mod.F. carrière), quarrier m. = med.L. quar(r)er(i)a, quarraria, quadrāria, f. quadrāre to square (stones).]
= quarry n.2
13..Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.) in Herrig Archiv LVII. 259 Ffer fro þe Abbey was a quarere. c1350Will. Palerne 2232 Þei saie..a semliche quarrere under an heiȝ hel al holwe newe diked. 1387Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 271 In Gallia beþ many good quarers and noble for to digge stoon. c1440Promp. Parv. 419/1 Quarere, or quarere of stone, (K. quarer)..lapidicina. |