quarriern.¹

Brit.

/ˈkwɒrɪə/, U.S.

/ˈkwɔriər/

Forms:

α. Middle English quareiour, Middle English quareor, Middle English qwariowr, Middle English–1500s quarior, Middle English–1500s quarriour, Middle English–1500s qwariour, late Middle English quareour, late Middle English querrour, late Middle English qwharior (northern), late Middle English wherreour (northern); Scottish pre-1700 quareor, pre-1700 quareour, pre-1700 quarior, pre-1700 quariour, pre-1700 quarioure, pre-1700 quariur, pre-1700 quarreor, pre-1700 quarreour, pre-1700 quarreur, pre-1700 quarrior, pre-1700 quarriour, pre-1700 quarrour, pre-1700 quaryour, pre-1700 quereour, pre-1700 querriour, pre-1700 querrour, pre-1700 qwarior, pre-1700 qwereour.

β. late Middle English quaryere, 1500s quarryer, 1500s– quarrier; Scottish pre-1700 quarer, pre-1700 quarier, pre-1700 quarryar, pre-1700 quorriar, pre-1700 qwarear, pre-1700 qwarier, pre-1700 1700s– quarrier.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quarreour, quarrier.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quarreour (in an isolated attestation, probably first half of the 14th cent.) and Middle French quarrier person who quarries stone (c1170 in Old French; French carrier ) < quarrer to square (stones) (late 12th cent.; French carrer ; < classical Latin quadrāre to square (stones): see quadrate v.) + -eour , -ier -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin quadratarius (5th cent.), quadrator , quarrator , quarrarius , quarrearius , quarrerarius , quarriarius (from 12th cent. in British sources) person who quarries stone. Compare quarry n.²Apparently attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Alexander le Quareur (1232), Madoc le Quarreour (1303)), although it is unclear whether this should be taken as reflecting currency of the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. On the northern late Middle English forms qwharior , wherreour see discussion at Q n.

A person who quarries stone, etc. Also occasionally figurative.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > quarrier > [noun]

quarrel man1377

quarrier1399

quarryman1442

quar-man1606

stone-getter1688

stone-drawer1703

α.

1399 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 14 (MED) Johannem Inggram, quarior.

1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 59 Paied to Fairchild, quarriour, xiij s. and iiij d. for freestone.

c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 212 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 432 Quereouris gadryt sone stanis to wyne.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1531 Qwariours qweme..Mynors of marbull ston.

1590 Serpent of Devis. C iij There was found by quarriours..a rich tombe of stone.

1636 in F. Roberts & I. M. M. Macphail Dumbarton Common Good Accts. (1972) 87 To see what the quarriors war doing wha was not fund thair on the secund of June, 1636.

1649 Sc. Acts, Chas. II (1819) VI. 482 Haveing agriet with maissons, quarriouris, and sledderis.

1676 Kirkcaldy Burgh Rec. (1908) 24 Apr. To hyre measons quarriours and barrow men.

β. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 419 Quaryere, lapidicidius.1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 71 William Bennet, quarryer.1570 Treasurer's Accts. Burgh Haddington For xxxij stanes to the qwarear.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 531 A certaine number of workmen, as masons and Quarriers.1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 57 Pillars and Galleries made by Quarriers.1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 435 When first the Quarrier began to dig it, he was at a mighty loss; for..it broke and crumbled all to pieces.1777 Britannica Curiosa (ed. 2) V. 269 As some quarriers were digging for lime-stone..they discovered a cave of the same nature.1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 498 Where the gypsum once bore a prismatic form, now destroyed by the progress of the quarriers.1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 274 He was the quarrier, and architect, and builder-up of his own greatness.1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 41 Everybody in the parish who was not a boatman was a quarrier.1964 Speculum 39 402 Did the individual quarriers, laborers, and masons determine the answers to the problems arising from their work?1992 Caribbean Week Apr. 35/5 Where quarriers dig deep, the land is often restored by making artificial lakes.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† quarriern.²

Forms:

α. late Middle English qwerios (plural, probably transmission error), 1500s (1800s historical) quarion.

β. 1500s quareor, 1500s quariar, 1500s quarier, 1500s quariere, 1500s quarriere, 1500s quaryer, 1500s quaryour, 1500s–1600s quarrier, 1600s quarriour.

γ. 1500s quarry, 1500s qwarrey.

Origin: Of unknown origin.

Etymology: Origin unknown. It is also unclear what was the earliest form of the word.Perhaps compare Middle French quarré square-shaped object (French carré ), use as noun of quarré (adjective) square (see quarry adj.¹), although this is apparently not attested in spec. application to a candle.

Obsolete (historical in later use).

A large square candle.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > large and square

quarrier1453

1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 189 (MED) Item, ij candilsticks of silver for qwerios.

1518 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII II. ii. 1515 Pure wax for morters, quariers, priketts and sysys.

1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 157 One of the groomes..to carry to the chaundrie all the remaine of morters, torches, quarries, pricketts.

?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 3 Wax wroght in Quarions j lb.

c1550 Document in R. Nares Gloss. To cause the groomes to delyver to the groom porter all the remaynes of torches and quarriers.

1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 24 Their quariers and their cressets being light euerie one by it selfe.

1604 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 305 Mortores, Torchetts, Torches, Quarrioures.

1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Doppione, a great torch of wax, which in Court is called a Standard, or a quarrier.

1860 Our Eng. Home 91 Quarions and morters..for burning in the chambers at night; the former were square lumps of wax with a wick in the centre.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	quarrier
释义	quarriern.¹ Brit. /ˈkwɒrɪə/, U.S. /ˈkwɔriər/ Forms: α. Middle English quareiour, Middle English quareor, Middle English qwariowr, Middle English–1500s quarior, Middle English–1500s quarriour, Middle English–1500s qwariour, late Middle English quareour, late Middle English querrour, late Middle English qwharior (northern), late Middle English wherreour (northern); Scottish pre-1700 quareor, pre-1700 quareour, pre-1700 quarior, pre-1700 quariour, pre-1700 quarioure, pre-1700 quariur, pre-1700 quarreor, pre-1700 quarreour, pre-1700 quarreur, pre-1700 quarrior, pre-1700 quarriour, pre-1700 quarrour, pre-1700 quaryour, pre-1700 quereour, pre-1700 querriour, pre-1700 querrour, pre-1700 qwarior, pre-1700 qwereour. β. late Middle English quaryere, 1500s quarryer, 1500s– quarrier; Scottish pre-1700 quarer, pre-1700 quarier, pre-1700 quarryar, pre-1700 quorriar, pre-1700 qwarear, pre-1700 qwarier, pre-1700 1700s– quarrier. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French quarreour, quarrier. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman quarreour (in an isolated attestation, probably first half of the 14th cent.) and Middle French quarrier person who quarries stone (c1170 in Old French; French carrier ) < quarrer to square (stones) (late 12th cent.; French carrer ; < classical Latin quadrāre to square (stones): see quadrate v.) + -eour , -ier -er suffix². Compare post-classical Latin quadratarius (5th cent.), quadrator , quarrator , quarrarius , quarrearius , quarrerarius , quarriarius (from 12th cent. in British sources) person who quarries stone. Compare quarry n.²Apparently attested earlier as a surname (e.g. Alexander le Quareur (1232), Madoc le Quarreour (1303)), although it is unclear whether this should be taken as reflecting currency of the Middle English or the Anglo-Norman word. On the northern late Middle English forms qwharior , wherreour see discussion at Q n. A person who quarries stone, etc. Also occasionally figurative. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > quarrier > [noun] quarrel man1377 quarrier1399 quarryman1442 quar-man1606 stone-getter1688 stone-drawer1703 α. 1399 in J. Raine Fabric Rolls York Minster (1859) 14 (MED) Johannem Inggram, quarior. 1424 in F. J. Furnivall Fifty Earliest Eng. Wills (1882) 59 Paied to Fairchild, quarriour, xiij s. and iiij d. for freestone. c1480 (a1400) Seven Sleepers 212 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 432 Quereouris gadryt sone stanis to wyne. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy 1531 Qwariours qweme..Mynors of marbull ston. 1590 Serpent of Devis. C iij There was found by quarriours..a rich tombe of stone. 1636 in F. Roberts & I. M. M. Macphail Dumbarton Common Good Accts. (1972) 87 To see what the quarriors war doing wha was not fund thair on the secund of June, 1636. 1649 Sc. Acts, Chas. II (1819) VI. 482 Haveing agriet with maissons, quarriouris, and sledderis. 1676 Kirkcaldy Burgh Rec. (1908) 24 Apr. To hyre measons quarriours and barrow men. β. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 419 Quaryere, lapidicidius.1500–18 Extracts Bk. Building Louth Steeple (modernized text) in Archaeologia (1792) 10 71 William Bennet, quarryer.1570 Treasurer's Accts. Burgh Haddington For xxxij stanes to the qwarear.1610 P. Holland tr. W. Camden Brit. i. 531 A certaine number of workmen, as masons and Quarriers.1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 57 Pillars and Galleries made by Quarriers.1709 Philos. Trans. 1708–09 (Royal Soc.) 26 435 When first the Quarrier began to dig it, he was at a mighty loss; for..it broke and crumbled all to pieces.1777 Britannica Curiosa (ed. 2) V. 269 As some quarriers were digging for lime-stone..they discovered a cave of the same nature.1811 J. Pinkerton Petralogy I. 498 Where the gypsum once bore a prismatic form, now destroyed by the progress of the quarriers.1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 274 He was the quarrier, and architect, and builder-up of his own greatness.1876 T. Hardy Hand of Ethelberta II. xxxiii. 41 Everybody in the parish who was not a boatman was a quarrier.1964 Speculum 39 402 Did the individual quarriers, laborers, and masons determine the answers to the problems arising from their work?1992 Caribbean Week Apr. 35/5 Where quarriers dig deep, the land is often restored by making artificial lakes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † quarriern.² Forms: α. late Middle English qwerios (plural, probably transmission error), 1500s (1800s historical) quarion. β. 1500s quareor, 1500s quariar, 1500s quarier, 1500s quariere, 1500s quarriere, 1500s quaryer, 1500s quaryour, 1500s–1600s quarrier, 1600s quarriour. γ. 1500s quarry, 1500s qwarrey. Origin: Of unknown origin. Etymology: Origin unknown. It is also unclear what was the earliest form of the word.Perhaps compare Middle French quarré square-shaped object (French carré ), use as noun of quarré (adjective) square (see quarry adj.¹), although this is apparently not attested in spec. application to a candle. Obsolete (historical in later use). A large square candle. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > candle > [noun] > large and square quarrier1453 1453 in J. Raine Testamenta Eboracensia (1855) II. 189 (MED) Item, ij candilsticks of silver for qwerios. 1518 Lett. & Papers Henry VIII II. ii. 1515 Pure wax for morters, quariers, priketts and sysys. 1526 Eltham Ordinances in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 157 One of the groomes..to carry to the chaundrie all the remaine of morters, torches, quarries, pricketts. ?a1527 in Regulations & Establishm. Househ. Earl of Northumberland (1905) 3 Wax wroght in Quarions j lb. c1550 Document in R. Nares Gloss. To cause the groomes to delyver to the groom porter all the remaynes of torches and quarriers. 1581 T. Styward Pathwaie to Martiall Discipline i. 24 Their quariers and their cressets being light euerie one by it selfe. 1604 in Coll. Ordinances Royal Househ. (1790) 305 Mortores, Torchetts, Torches, Quarrioures. 1659 G. Torriano Florio's Vocabolario Italiano & Inglese Doppione, a great torch of wax, which in Court is called a Standard, or a quarrier. 1860 Our Eng. Home 91 Quarions and morters..for burning in the chambers at night; the former were square lumps of wax with a wick in the centre. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2007; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹1399n.²1453
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