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spelling questions ...
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Mon, 10 Jan 2000 22:29:46 GMT
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~My~ Webster's didn't have either, and neither did M-W.com, which is why I
asked what the words meant. James Brown had the best guesses, I think -
they were the same as my guesses, misspelled words of similar meanings. I
had guessed cobbler from hobbler, but had never heard ferrier or farrier,
that I can remember. But aren't a farrier and a smith one and the same?
Ferrier would make more sense to me for the spelling of the word, as it
implies something do with iron, which is why I guessed it had something to
do with horse shoes, but was mystified when I couldn't confirm my guess in
the dictionary. Enough about spelling. Thanks for the help. Were there
ferries in the days of Castles? Just wondering.
PS - none of the words in question passed my spell check, either, but it did
suggest Ferrari!
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James Brown wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.castle, Fraser Lovatt writes:
> > 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
>
> 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
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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Message has 2 Replies:
 | | Medieval occupations (was Re: spelling questions ...)
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| (...) Nope. A farrier is different. A smith will quite happily make horseshoes, but will tell you where to go if you ask him to put them on your horse. ;) (Unless, of course, he's also a farrier) A farrier would shoe horses, as well as repair (...) (24 years ago, 10-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
| | | Re: spelling questions ...
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| (...) Yes. Farrier is an alteration of a Middle English and French word that meant blacksmith. Can't really imagine a smith making a living solely on horse shoes, but then again, in a large city that might support multiple smiths, maybe it could (...) (24 years ago, 11-Jan-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| | Re: A village challenge and questions ...
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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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