Ostler

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Ostler is a surname, and may refer to:

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{dag}1. a. A person who receives and lodges guests, esp. at a religious house; = HOSTELER n. 1. Obs. {alpha} a1325 St. Cuthbert (Corpus Cambr.) 61 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 120 {Th}e abbot ne sende him out to on of hore celle; Ostiler [c1300 Laud hostiler] he was ymad gistes forto auonge. 1440 Promp. Parv. (Harl. 221) 372 Ostelere: Hospiciarius, hospiciaria. c1450 Pilgrimage Lyfe Manhode (Cambr.) 37, I [sc. Charity] am norishe of orphanynes, osteleer to pilgrimes.

   b. An innkeeper; = HOSTELER n. 2. Obs.

{alpha} a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) Luke x. 35 He brou{ygh}te forth twey pans, and {ygh}af to the ostiler. a1450 York Plays 491 (heading) The Osteleres. Alias Inholders. 1530 in J. Imrie et al. Burgh Court Bk. Selkirk (1960) 108 Ostularis to brew generaly thair aill for xii d. the gallon. 1594 Acts Parl. Scotl. IV. 70/1 Oistellaris. {beta} a1400 Prose Life Christ (Pepys) 35 He took tweie pens to {th}e ostler. c1520 M. NISBET tr. New Test. in Scots: Luke x. 35 He broucht furth twa pennyis, and gave them to the ostlare. a1635 R. CORBET Iter Boreale in Certain Elegant Poems (1647) 6 The inne-keeper was old, fourescore allmost..God and Time decree To honour thrifty ostlers, such as hee. c1650 J. SPALDING Mem. Trubles Scotl. & Eng. (1850) I. 29 [They] Crost the water and brakfast in Williame Steuartis hous, ostler. 1698 in Sc. Hist. Rev. 10 120 She being ane ostlere.

   2. A stableman or groom at an inn. Also fig.

{alpha} c1449 R. PECOCK Repressor 521 Stabiling..beddis, seruicis of the ostiler. 1467 in T. H. Turner Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 417 My mastyr paid to the osteler of the Tabard. 1538 in York Wills (1902) VI. 76 To the osteler iiijd..to tow maydes servaundes viijd. 1599 J. HALL Virgidemiarum II. vii. 40 What office then doth the stargazer beare? Or let him be the heavens ostelere; Or tapsters some; or some be chamberlaines. a1659 F. OSBORN Characters (1673) 664 And his Half-peck [is] the Measure of his Conscience; of which his Osteler is Chancellor, and keeps the Key. {beta} a1500 Eger & Grine in Bishop Percy's Folio Ms. (1867) I. IV. 382 The Ostler soone can him arraye, He armed the Knight & brought him his steede. ?1567 Merie Tales Master Skelton sig. Bvii, Skelton commaunded the Ostler to sadle his Mare, & the hosteler did gyrde the mare hard. 1598 SHAKESPEARE Henry IV, Pt. 1 II. i. 96 Bid the Ostler bring my gelding out of the stable. 1630 J. WADSWORTH Eng. Spanish Pilgrime vi. 57 [He] supplyed the place of an Oastler in pulling of my bootes. 1679 R. DUKE Panegyrick upon Oates 113 Yet this Grain has (as all must own) To Grooms and Ostlers well bin known. 1759 J. NEWTON Diary 3 July in Deserted Village (1992) 41 The oystler over-charg'd for the Horses. 1791 J. BOSWELL Life Johnson anno 1784 II. 491 Johnson: If Burke should go into a stable..the ostler would say, We have had an extraordinary man here. 1816 J. AUSTEN Emma III. viii. 147 What Mr. Elton had learnt from the ostler on the subject..was..that Mr. Churchill had sent his nephew a few lines, containing..a tolerable account of Mrs. Churchill. 1861 ‘G. ELIOT’ Silas Marner ix. 144 Let him turn ostler, and keep himself. 1891 T. HARDY Tess I. ii. 19 [A] factotum, turned groom and ostler at times. 1913 J. MASEFIELD in Eng. Rev. Feb. 382 Jim the ostler put his gelding in. 1976 K. AMIS Alteration v. 171 The ostler advises that the mare Joan is returned. 1992 Economist 12 Sept. 98/3 If camera-toting reporters..become the norm, well-paid shooters [sc. cameramen] will go the way of ostlers.

   COMPOUNDS

   C1. General attrib.

   ostler boy n.

1864 Times 22 Nov. 5/5 The cabin-boy might become the leader of armies, and the *ostler-boy sit in the Senate Chamber. 1895 H. G. WELLS Stolen Bacillus 8 ‘He's a-using his whip, he is, to rights,’ said the ostler boy.

   ostler lad n.

1878 All Year Round 15 June 491/2 We might send the *ostler lad, I think. 1923 Blackwood's Mag. July 46/2 The mozo, the ostler lad,..was a son of the house.

   C2. {dag}ostler ale n. Sc. Obs. rare = hostel ale s.v. HOSTEL n.1 6.

1861 C. INNES Sketches Early Sc. Hist. iii. 376 The chief drink of the castle, where ale was distinguished as *ostler ale, household ale, and best ale.

   {dag}ostler-house n. Sc. Obs. = hosteler-house n. at HOSTELER n. Compounds 6.

1559 Aberd. Sheriff Ct. I. 159 Within the *oistlair house. 1688 W. SCOT True Hist. I. 61 Then from the fleshers they brought Lamb and Sheep, Ale from the Ostler-house, and besoms for to sweep.

   {dag}ostler-wife n. Sc. Obs. the mistress of an inn.

1612 Kirkcudbright Town Council Rec. (1948) II. 114 The poindis tane fra *ostlar wyffis. 1718 A. RAMSAY Christ's-kirk on Green II. 18 The Ostler Wife brought ben good Ale. 1820 SCOTT Abbot II. iii. 95 The ostlere-wives,..are like to be the only losers by their miscarriage.

   DERIVATIVES

   {dag}ostlering n. Obs. the occupation or activity of an ostler.

1857 G. BORROW Romany Rye (1858) I. 344 At the end of perhaps forty years *ostlering. 1870 DICKENS Edwin Drood 252 Most commodious and extensive stables for the convenience of such of the nobility and gentry as had a taste for ostlering.

   {dag}ostler-wise adv. Obs. after the manner of an ostler.

1841 C. G. F. GORE in Bentley's Mag. Dec. 90 While rubbing down *ostler-wise his master's counter.


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