tryer

English

Noun

tryer (plural tryers)

1. Alternative form of trier
   • 1866, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal (volumes 74-75, page 310)

     The Spartans did not allow the father to dispose of his child as he thought fit, for he was obliged to take it to the tryers, who, if they found it puny and ill-shaped, ordered it to be carried to a sort of chasm under Taygetus […]

Anagrams

• Terry, retry, terry