jan 1, 1589 - parser

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An obsolete spelling of ‘piercer’, that is a tool or instrument for piercing or boring holes. The earliest references occur in connection with coopers and masons: 1400 <i>duo parsures, unum spigot, wymbill, unum thixtill</i>, York (SS4/265); 1498 <i>ij les parsors pro cementariis</i>, York (SS35/92); 1541-2 <i>Item for a parser, jd</i>, York (CCW236); 1589 <i>2 iron wedges a parcer</i>, South Cave (Kaner156).

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