† Quarrer

Obs. Forms: 4–5 quarer(e, 4 quarrer(e, quariere. [a. OF. quarriere f. (12th c.; mod.F. carrière), quarrier m. = med.L. quar(r)er(i)a, quarraria, quadrāria, f. quadrāre to square (stones).] = QUARRY sb.²

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13[?]. Metr. Hom. (Vernon MS.), in Herrig, Archiv, LVII. 259. Ffer fro þe Abbey was a quarere.

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c. 1350. Will. Palerne, 2232. Þei saie … a semliche quarrere under an heiȝ hel al holwe newe diked.

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1387. Trevisa, Higden (Rolls), I. 271. In Gallia beþ many good quarers and noble for to digge stoon.

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c. 1440. Promp. Parv., 419/1. Quarere, or quarere of stone, (K. quarer) … lapidicina.

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