Middle English Dictionary Entry
peirer n.
Entry Info
| Forms | peirer n. |
| Etymology | From peiren v. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Corrupter, distorter; also, one who mutilates coins.
Associated quotations
- 1408 WBible(2) Prol.Cath.Epist.(Frf 2)595 : A peirer [Roy: enuyouse mennus teeth..seyn that Y am an apeirer of hooli scripturis; WB(1): a falsere, and a distroȝere, or apeirere].
- 1543(1464) Hardyng Chron.B (Grafton)p.283 : The kyng then did great right and iustice Vpon clippers and peirers of the coyne.