pavior

From now on let it be known that I have accepted Brick as my personal pavior.

Matthew Yglesias » Against the Brick 2009

One additional advantage of using pavior blocks over concrete slabs is that pavior blocks can be used to create a permeable surface so that there is less surface runoff – a big problem as more and more urban areas are covered with pavement.

Matthew Yglesias » Against the Brick 2009

I do not know whether my back-woods friend, or the Parisian pavior, was the first inventor of this composition, but I am satisfied the corn-cracker had not stolen it from the stone-cracker.

Among the Pines or, South in Secession Time James R. Gilmore

Francis understood, and respectfully received this blessing; and whilst his Grand father paid his visit, the little pavior went and told his Grandmamma, what he had been able to do, and how God had already blessed him for it.

Fanny, the Flower-Girl, or, Honesty Rewarded Selina Bunbury

Had my eye pick'd out by a pavior, who was _axing_ his way, he didn't care where.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 17, No. 469, January 1, 1831 Various

Parisian pavior was the first inventor of this composition; but I am satisfied the corn-cracker had not stolen it from the stone-cracker.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

That belief has in all ages proved the very best pavior to anarchy and despotism, or, to use a more strong and emphatic figure, the most efficacious battering-ram against paper bulwarks and constitutional barriers.

Recollections and reflections : an auto of half a century and more, 1906

Be that as it may -- and the weight of evidence is in favour of Gutenburg -- it is interesting as one stands by the statue of Coster under the shadow of Haarlem's great church to think that this was perhaps the true parent of that great upheaval, the true pavior of the way.

A Wanderer in Holland 1903

A crowd soon gathered, and despite the indignant cries of the master-pavior, who declared he was never more sane, this son of

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902

The hero of the affair was an Irishman, named Baker, who relieved the monotony of his work as a master pavior by acting Sir John Falstaff and other parts.

The Palmy Days of Nance Oldfield Edward Robins 1902