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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

ANDREW FERRARY, ANDRO FERRARA, n. (Also: Andrea, etc., — ) A Scottish broadsword.Sc. 1818 Scott H. Midlothian xxiv.:
There was risk of Andro Ferrara coming in thirdsman.Edb. 1828 D. M. Moir Mansie Wauch (1839) vii.:
A weel-sharpened, old, Highland, forty-second Andrew Ferrary.

[Origin disputed. Prof. Weekley says (Concise Etym. Dict.): “Andrea dei Ferrari — i.e. Andrew of the armourers — was a 16 cent. sword-smith of Belluno. According to some Sc. authorities the blades were made by Andrew Ferrars or Ferrier (? of Arbroath), who, again, according to a popular legend, may have been the Italian in exile.”]

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