Middle English Dictionary Entry
pier n.
Entry Info
| Forms | pier n. |
| Etymology | OF piere |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
A building stone; a precious stone.
Associated quotations
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)4356 : Ne nouthire housing we haue..Bot at is fetid of flesch & of na fraunche piers.
- c1450(?a1400) Wars Alex.(Ashm 44)5270 : Þe bild was..Piȝt full of..orient perles, And with þire precious piers of paradise stremes.