† ˈsquiller Obs.
Forms: 4 squyler, 5 sqwyllare, swyllere, 6 squyllare.
[a. AF. scuiler (in the same sense), = OF. esculier, escuillier, esquelier, maker or seller of dishes, f. escuele (mod.F. écuelle):—L. scutella salver, dish-stand (whence med.L. scutellarius).]
A servant having charge of the scullery.
| 1303 R. Brunne Handl. Synne 5911 Þe porter..þys merueyle tolde hem alle, How þe squyler of þe kechyn [etc.]. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 471/1 Sqwyllare, dysche wescheare, lixa. 1469 in Ord. R. Househ. (1790) 93 The lardener, the squiller. c 1475 Pict. Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 769 Hic lixa, a swyllere. 1522 Rutland P. (Camden) 100 To send thether a purveiour for cooles, and all suche other as shall long vnto the squyllare. |