quarrarius

quarrarius, ~erius [cf. ML quadraria, ~ium; cf. et. ME, AN quar(r)er(e), CL -ius], ~urius [infl. by CL -ura+-ius] 1 (as sb m.) person who works in a quarry, stone-cutter, quarryman, quarrier. 1280 in conduccione diversorum cementariorum, quarariorum, hottariorum, carpentariorum ‥ circa operamen castri et ville MinAc W. Wales 10; 1291 Roberto le Blount et Roberto Peny ~eriis de Corfe, pro marmore ad crucem de Charringe Manners 115; 1417 Colerne et aliis queruriis pro dccclxxv pedibus ‥ petrarum Rect. Adderbury 17; 1420 in lucracione lapidum per ~arios ad facturam fenestrarum vitrearum Ac. Durh. 406. 2 (as sb f. or n.) place from which stone is extracted (for building), quarry; b (in fig. context); c (as place-name, in quot. usu. w. ref. to Quarr Abbey, Isle of Wight). 1158 in Ebford j ~ariam quam G. bastardus eis dedit MonA VI 53b (= MonExon 135a); c1158 me ‥ dedisse culturam quarerie de Rependona juxta Trente Ch. Chester 119; 1176 ~arium quod G. P. et P. de St. vobis dederunt (Lit. Papae) Papsturkunden in England I 410; c1180 dedimus ‥ eis ‥ petram quararie nostre de A. ad sufficientiam ad edificia domus ‥ edificanda Melrose 92 p. 80; 1185 particulam terre ‥ in ~ario nostro de B. Cart. Rams. II 335; 1222 pro mille petris ‥ de quariria sua (KR Ac 491/13) Ac. Build. Hen. III 130; c1310 insuper carbonarium et ~arium infra ‥ rivulum de W. et divisas de P. et I. Reg. Newbattle 66; 1337 pro stipendiis xxij hominum frangencium petras in ~eria ‥ easdemque portancium, et auxiliancium ad veteres muros castri disrupiendos et removendos Cal. Scot. III app. 366. b lapides isti debent esse impoliti et sicut cadunt de ~ario S. Langton Serm. 2. 14. c 1203 taillagium ville de Norhanton’ ‥: ‥ richegot de ~aria r. c. de j m. Pipe 184; 1256 idem W. dedit et concessit ‥ abbati et conventui de ~aria ‥ FormA 160; 1323 abbas et conventus de Quareria FormA 164. 3 stone extracted or extractable by quarrying (cf. OED s. v. quarry sb.2 sense 2), (also) right of extracting stone (from specified area of land) by quarrying. c1200 preterea dedi eis turbariam, et petrariam, et quareriam ubicunque invenire poterint in territorio ville de Hepp MonA VI 869; 1307 habeant omnia sibi necessaria ‥ quararium ad edificandum ChartR 93 m. 3 (= CalCh III 103); 1307 habuerint necessarium et quarer’m ad edificandum ChartR 93 m. 2 (= CalCh III 105). 4 (as sb f.) ? square (of town or village, or cf. carrarius 1b. 1317 quidam officiales ‥ quoddam aliud pillorium in quareria dicte ville de A. juxta pillorium ipsorum A. et A. ibidem ab antiquo situm ‥ jam de novo construere fecerunt RGasc IV 1710.

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