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Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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Date: 
Mon, 10 Jan 2000 16:54:47 GMT
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In lugnet.castle, James Powell writes:

A ferrier is someone who maintains or operates a ferry

Neg, as the other James pointed out, a Ferrier is someone who shoes
horses...like my wife's old boss in Victoria.

No -- Mike is correct.

A farrier shoes horses, a ferrier operates a ferry.

Check out Websters -- or dictionary.com

F



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(...) Interesting... dictionary.com cites Websters (1996 ed) as it's source for 'ferrier', but m-w.com has no entry. There's also no source/etemolgy at dictionary.com... Neat. I wonder what the hardcopy of Webster's says... James (URL) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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(...) Neg, as the other James pointed out, a Ferrier is someone who shoes horses...like my wife's old boss in Victoria. (24 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)

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