quarrier

noun — 2 senses

quarrier

noun

Etymology From quarry + -er.

1

Somebody who works in a quarry.

2

Alternative, Obsolete, Rare Alternative spelling of quariar; quarion.

  • 1562. For one dozen quarriers,* 11s. [...] * Quarrier, & candle made of & lump of wax with & wick in the middle.1907, Great Britain. Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts, issuing body, Report on the manuscripts of the Earl of Ancaster, preserved at Grimsthorpe, page 471:

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