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paviour

(ˈpeɪvjə) or

pavior

1. (Civil Engineering) a person who lays paving

2. (Civil Engineering) a machine for ramming down paving

3. (Civil Engineering) material used for paving

[C15: from paver, from pave]

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paviour - a machine for laying pavement

paving machine, pavior

machine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human tasks

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"Cannot an honest pavior perform his work in peace, and get his money for it, and his living by it, without others talking rot about ambition and hopes of fame?"

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The installation won three Paviors' Award's (think the Oscars of the paving world).

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Dave Addleton's injury-plagued Lions travelled to table-toppers Paviors in round six and returned home off the back of a 57-21 defeat.

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The following year it won three Paviors' Awards - annual awards made in London for excellence in paving works.

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Mr Smith was attacked after he had scored a try in the union game between Derby-based Leesbrook and Paviors, from Nottingham.

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Paviors crashed 50-0 to Sandal in the National Under 17 Shield.

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To do that, though, they must beat Paviors, who finished second in Midlands One (East) in a play-off on Saturday.

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(22) The money was used for materials, particularly sand and limestone, carriages for transport, and the wages for the paviors and their servants.

Pavage grants and urban street paving in medieval England, 1249-1462

His modern counterpart could have the same job security replacing damaged stones and paviors in our new pedestrian areas, as in Queen Street over the past 20-plus years.