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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person who shoes horses;
[syn: farrier, horseshoer]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Farrier \Far"ri*er\, v. i. To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier. [Obs.] --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Farrier \Far"ri*er\, n. [OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor, ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf. Ferreous.] 1. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

farrier n 1: a person who shoes horses [syn: farrier, horseshoer]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):

FARRIER. One who takes upon himself the public employment of shoeing horses. 2. Like an innkeeper, a common carrier, and other persons who assume a public employment, a farrier is bound to serve the public as far as his employment goes, and an action lies against him for refusing, when a horse is brought to him at a reasonable time for such purpose, if he refuse; Oliph. on Horses, 131 and he is liable for the unskilfulness of himself or servant in performing such work 1 Bl. Com. 431; but not for the malicious act of the servant in purposely driving a nail into the foot of the horse, with the intention of laming him. 2 Salk. 440.