† 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. c 1350 Will. Palerne 2232 Þei saie..a semliche quarrere under an heiȝ hel al holwe newe diked. 1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) I. 271 In Gallia beþ many good quarers and noble for to digge stoon. c 1440 Promp. Parv. 419/1 Quarere, or quarere of stone, (K. quarer)..lapidicina. |