shoer

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A great deal depends on the judgment of the shoer to meet the conditions presented, depending on the degree of the convexity and strength of the sole.

From Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1 by Lacroix, John Victor

The horse, an animal with brains enough, Replied, 'Sirs, you yourselves may read my name; My shoer round my heel hath writ the same.'

From Fables of La Fontaine — a New Edition, with Notes by Wright, Elizur

In very many cases a good practical shoer can remove the trouble by proper paring and shoeing.

From The Mule A Treatise on the Breeding, Training, and Uses to Which He May Be Put by Riley, Harvey

Farrier is the name given generally either to the professional shoer of horses or in a more extended sense to a practitioner of the veterinary art; and farriery is the term for his business.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various

We know of a shoer in Worcester County, Massachusetts, who has a wide local reputation for "doctoring" weak knees.

From Rational Horse-Shoeing by Russell, John E.