tornarius

1 tornarius [aphaeretic form of attornarius], ? attorney. 1293 terram Arnaldi ‥ eorum avunculi, cujus se dicunt tornerios seu heredes RGasc III 71a.

2 tornarius [CL tornare+-arius] 1 that rotates or swivels, turning, (in quot., pons ~ius) drawbridge. 1219 sub britaschia ‥ est unus pons turnarius (JustIt 1041) Eyre Yorks 394. 2 (as sb. m.) one who makes things using lathe, wheel, or sim. rotating device, turner (also passing into surname). c1220 hiis testibus ‥ Rogero ~io Cart. Osney I 290; c1225 hiis testibus ‥ Kenewardo ~io (Middx) AncD A 2668; 1292 cuidam turnario discorum IMisc 51/19 r. 2; c1316 de cc discis receptis de exitibus dicte foreste de uno turnario operante ibidem (MinAc) Cart. Glam. I 243; 1317 [in one turner] turnero [for 3 days] xij d. Fabr. Exon. 88; ordinatio turnariorum (LBLond.) MGL I 735; 1568 Joannes Coteref, ~ius (SP Dom. Eliz.) Hug. Soc. X 288.