1.
[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.
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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.
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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.