quarriarius

quarriarius [quarria, ~ium < ME quar(r)ei, quar(r)i, quarriare+CL -arius], ~earius [cf. et. OF, ME quar(r)eour+CL -ius] , person who works in a quarry, stone-cutter, quarryman, quarrier. a1178 prohibeo ne quis ‥ cementarios, taliarios, ~iarios, sive alios ‥ operarios ‥ ab opere abstrahat Reg. S. Andr. f. 150b; 1222 Willelmo quareario ‥ pro mille petris tractandis de quariria sua (KR Ac 491/13) Ac. Build. Hen. III 130 (cf. ib. 140: Galfrido le Quareur); 1280 pro cementariis, hottariis, quareariis, ceterisque operariis ad operamen castri MinAc W. Wales 10; 1319 Willelmo de Elsklishall’ ~iario KR Ac 286/28 m. 3.