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pavior
noun 3
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1PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
1
A person who lays paving slabs.
[T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]
A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags.
2
A brick or slab used for paving.
3
A machine that is used to tamp down paving slabs.
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noun — a machine for laying pavement
- paviour
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[T]he Contract with the Pipe-water Pavior was, as he recollects, to keep the Pavement in Repair for ſix Weeks; […]
Wiktionary02
A "mooner," fond of staring into shop windows, or watching the labourers pulling up the pavement to inspect the gas-pipes, or listening stolidly to the dull "pech" of the paviour's rammer on the flags
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