▪ I. lorimer, loriner Now Hist.
(ˈlɒrɪmə(r), ˈlɒrɪnə(r))
Forms: α. 5 loryner, lorriner, 6– loriner; β. loyrymer, 5–6 lorymar, -er, 6 loremar, lorymere, lormener, (Sc.) loremair, lowriemeir, 3– lorimer.
[a. OF. loremier, lorenier (F. lormier), f. lorain (see lorain). For the substitution of m for n cf. latimer.]
A maker of bits and metal mountings for horses' bridles; also, a spurrier, and (generally) a maker of small iron ware and a worker in wrought-iron.
(The name persists only in the title of one of the London livery companies.)
| [c 1225 Garlande in Wright Voc. 123 Lorimarii dicuntur a loris (seu loralibus) quæ faciunt.] a 1225 Ancr. R. 184 He is þi uile [MS. T. þat lorimers habben], & uileð awei al þi rust. 1415 in York Myst. Introd. 22 Sporiers..Lorymers. 14.. Nom. in Wr.-Wülcker 686/21 Hic lorinarius, a loryner. |
| 1453 Mem. Ripon (Surtees) III. 161 Et de 6d. sol. loyrymer pro..emendale de les barres fenestrarum. 1469 Mann. & Househ. Exp. (Roxb.) 538 Item, my master paid to lorymer of London fore vj. brydille bittes..vij.s. ij.d. a 1500 Voc. in Wr.-Wülcker 593/33 Lorimarius, a sporyare, or a lormener. 1503 Privy Purse Exp. Eliz. of York (1830) 97 Item to Symond Warde..lorymere for v dd bittes at xiiijs. the dd, lxxs. 1536 Leland Itin. IV. ii. 186 b, Many Loriners that make Bittes. 1603 Stow Surv. Lond. 542 Lorimars, the warden and two persons. 1656 Blount Glossogr., Lorimers, is one of the Companies of London, that makes bits for horse bridles, spurs, and such like small iron work. 1833 J. Holland Manuf. Metal II. 313 The manufacture of all the metallic parts of horse furniture was carried on..by artisans, incorporated under the denomination of loriners and spurriers. 1884 Rep. Comm. Livery Comp. Lond. III. 567 The Loriners of London appear first to have recorded their ordinances as a mystery in 1245. 1898 Besant Orange Girl i. i, Alderman Paul Halliday, Citizen and Loriner. |
▪ II. lorimer
see lorymer, obs. f. larmier.