The New Dictionary of Farrier Terms and Technical Language is the authoritative lexicon of the art and science of farriery, and the only book of its kind in the Library of Congress. It includes words from basic horsemanship and scientific language alike, making it useful for everyone from the professional farrier trying to understand the latest symposium lecturer's notes through the average horse owner who wants to converse more effectively with his or her horse's hoofcare provider.
Originally published as the Pocket Dictionary in early 1994, the Dictionary was updated and expanded with new entries as well as selected phonetic guides, etymologies, and in-text illustrations, to become the New Dictionary in late 1995. This version went through four conventional printings.
The 2004 10th Anniversary Special Edition had eighty new entries, updates and revisions of earlier entries, a new resources index, and all the old black and white illustrations were replaced with higher resolution grayscale images and photographs.
The 2008-2009 Edition includes all the improvements from the 2004 version, plus over 30 pages of new material and updates to earlier entries.
Clothing, caps, mugs, and other things made with the farrier in-mind. Strasser Barefoot Cult Bumper Sticker and Mug now available!
About the Farrier's Caduceus seen on the Dictionary and featured on Millwater Products...
The single-snake caduceus, actually the Staff of Asklepios (Aesculapius), Greek god of medicine, has been the traditional symbol of healers since ancient times. The snake represents renewal because of the fact that he periodically sheds his skin and emerges like 'brand new'. It seemed an appropriate symbol to apply to the art and science of preserving and restoring soundness in horses, and was incorporated into the cover design for the very first Dictionary. The Farrier's Caduceus has the snake coiled around an oversized horseshoe nail. At the top of the nail is a winged horseshoe, based on the Cavalry emblem for a farrier. The image is framed with a horseshoe, which is positioned right-side up from the farrier's point of view.
Farriery isn't just nailing on shoes. It's a Healing Art.
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Click here to hear farrier Burney Chapman, RMF on the heart-bar shoe. (Around 130K.)