Farrier

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Farrier \Far"ri*er\, n. [OE. farrour, ferrer, OF. ferreor,
     ferrier, LL. Ferrator, ferrarius equorum, from ferrare to
     shoe a horse, ferrum a horseshoe, fr. L. ferrum iron. Cf.
     {Ferreous}.]
     1. A shoer of horses; a veterinary surgeon.
        [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Farrier \Far"ri*er\, v. i.
     To practice as a farrier; to carry on the trade of a farrier.
     [Obs.] --Mortimer.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  farrier
       n : a person who shoes horses [syn: {horseshoer}]

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FARRIER. One who takes upon himself the public employment of shoeing horses. 
       2. Like an innkeeper, a common carrier, and other persons who assume a 
  public employment, a farrier is bound to serve the public as far as his 
  employment goes, and an action lies against him for refusing, when a horse 
  is brought to him at a reasonable time for such purpose, if he refuse; 
  Oliph. on Horses, 131 and he is liable for the unskilfulness of himself or 
  servant in performing such work 1 Bl. Com. 431; but not for the malicious 
  act of the servant in purposely driving a nail into the foot of the horse, 
  with the intention of laming him. 2 Salk. 440.