Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who shoes horses.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To practise as a farrier.
- noun A worker in iron; a blacksmith.
- noun A smith who shoes horses; more generally, one who combines the art of horseshoeing with the profession of veterinary surgery.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.
- intransitive verb obsolete To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who maintains the health and balance of the
horse 's feet through the trimming of thehoof and placement ofhorseshoes . - verb intransitive To
practise as a farrier; to carry on thetrade of a farrier.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who shoes horses
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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If you're ever interested in farrier pics, let me know.
The Colourful and Quirky – A Workshop with Darwin Wiggett » Dave Brosha Photography 2009
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If one of the horses throws a shoe, I want to say so, in writing, before I call the farrier; and I'd like to be able to tell from my journal just how many bales of hay I have squirreled away in the barn.
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The barber and the farrier were the only two supposed to possess any medical talents; the one skilled in bleeding, drawing teeth, and setting a limb; the other, from his knowledge in the diseases of horses, being often consulted in human ailments.
The Adventures of Hajji Baba of Ispahan James Morier
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Marshall (Chapter XX) may stand for a great commander or a shoeing-smith, still called farrier-marshal in the army.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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= When a horse is taken sick, the sentinel will notify the noncommissioned officer, who in turn will call the farrier, and see that the horse is properly attended to.
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He called a farrier, who coolly rivetted irons on my ankles.
The Daughter of the Commandant Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin 1818
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"they are called farrier's they are the one's who shoe horses, not black smith's"
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Neily said, citing examples such as farrier work or dehorning.
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My father's name was John Muggleton; he was a smith by trade -- that is, a farrier or horse doctor; he was in great respect with the postmaster in King James's time; he had three children by my mother, two sons and one daughter, I was the youngest and my mother loved me. "
The Coming of the Friars Augustus Jessopp 1868
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Poor, simple Eddie, whose weary smile and ubiquitous brown leather waistcoat gave him the air of a long-suffering medieval farrier, was forever being dragged into subplots he couldn't understand when he'd much rather be trudging into the Argee Bhajee for an unhurried lunchtime livener.
World Of Lather 2011
sionnach commented on the word farrier
Felix Randal
by Gerard Manley Hopkins
Felix Randal the farrier, O he is dead then? my duty all ended,
Who have watched his mould of man, big-boned and hardy-handsome
Pining, pining, till time when reason rambled in it and some
Fatal four disorders, fleshed there, all contended?
Sickness broke him. Impatient he cursed at first, but mended
Being anointed and all; though a heavenlier heart began some
Months earlier, since I had our sweet reprieve and ransom
Tendered to him. Ah well, God rest him all road ever he offended!
This seeing the sick endears them to us, us too it endears.
My tongue had taught thee comfort, touch had quenched thy tears,
Thy tears that touched my heart, child, Felix, poor Felix Randal;
How far from then forethought of, all thy more boisterous years,
When thou at the random grim forge, powerful amidst peers,
Didst fettle for the great grey drayhorse his bright and battering sandal!
July 9, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word farrier
"a person who shoes horses, or professes to cure their diseases. There is one to each troop of cavalry in the United States’ service." (citation in list description)
This job is still in existence: I saw Mike Rowe try to do it on Discovery Channel's show Dirty Jobs. In the past, with veterinarians few and far between, farriers were the next best thing.
October 9, 2008