spurrier
(ˈspʌrɪə(r), ˈspɜːrɪə(r))
Forms: α. 4–6 sporyer, 5 -ier, sporyȝere, 5 sporyare, 6 -ar. β. 5 sporior, -iour, -your. γ. 6 spurriour, spouryor. δ. 6 spurryar, 6– spurrier.
[f. spur n.1 + -ier. Cf. spurrer 1.]
A spur-maker.
| α 1389 in Eng. Gilds (1870) 42 Þese ordenaunce of fraternyte of Sadeleres and Sporyeres. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 470 Sporyare (H. sporyȝere), calcarius. c 1449 Pecock Repr. i. x. 50 As sporiers in Londoun gilden her sporis whiche thei maken. c 1500 Cocke Lorell's B. 8 Mercers, fletchers, and sporyers. 1575 Gamm. Gurton ii. iv. 10 My goodly tossing sporyars neele chaue lost. |
| β c 1400 Destr. Troy 1595 Sporiors, Spicers, Spynners of clothe. 1483 Act 1 Rich. III, c. xii. ¶1 The Artificers in greate nombre of this Royalme of Englond,..that is to say,..Blacksmythes, Sporiours [etc.]. |
| γ 1500 Nottingham Rec. III. 82 Georgius Othehay, spurriour. 1546 Yorks. Chantry Surv. (Surtees) 69 A chaumber..in the tenure of Rychard Tomson, spouryor. |
| δ 1530 Palsgr. 274/2 Spurryar, esperonnier. 1570 Wills & Invent. N.C. (Surtees, 1835) 332 Will'm Dagg of the towne of Gatisshed spurrier. 1609 Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 184 To the spurrier of Padiham, for a paire of spurres to my M{supr}, ijs. 1688 R. Holme Armoury iii. 304/1 From the Smith and Farrier, we proceed to the Spurrier and Loriner or Bit-maker. 1718 F. Hutchinson Witchcraft 260 A Black Dog..that belong'd to one Clark, a Spurrier. 1764 R. Burn Hist. Poor Laws 10 Horse smiths, spurriers, tanners..and other workmen, artificers and labourers. 1849 Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iii. 380 It was vehemently argued..that saddlers and spurriers would be ruined by hundreds. 1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 57 Harness:..Spurrier, Stirrup Maker. |