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▪ I. † upˈholster, n. Obs.
Also 5 upholdester, 5, 7–8 upholdster, 6 north. uphaldster.
[f. uphold v. + -ster.]
= upholder 1.
α1411Close Roll 12 Hen. IV (dorso), Johannes Dryuer, upholdester. 1479Paston Lett. III. 271, iij girdels Staunton. j girdel upholdester. c1481Caxton Dialogues 2 Of tayllours and vpholdsters. 15..York Memo. Bk. (Surtees) I. 64 Every uphaldster that sellis eny furrez within this citie. 1647Lilly Chr. Astrol. xii. 74 Upholdsters, Limners, Glovers. 1660Pepys Diary 9 Oct., I found..part of our chambers hung to day by the upholdster. 1722E. Ward Parish Gutt'lers 37 Once on a time he turn'd Upholdster, And slily dealt in Bed and Bolster.
β1483–5Rec. St. Mary at Hill 123 Richard Crick, vpholster, for o quarter. 1491Caxton Vitas Patr. (W. de W. 1495) 144 Whan the chaunger..knewe his gowne that heng at the Vpholsters dore and all redy was there to selle, he was sore wrothe. c1515Cocke Loreli's B. 10 Harpe makers, leches, and upholsters. 1573in Feuillerat Revels Q. Eliz. (1908) 209 Upholster for pendentes of burnished golde for the Maskers garmentes. 1614in 10th Rep. Hist. MSS. Comm. App. I. 43 As for a resting chyre.., I did enquyre at an upholster the pryce of itt. 1666Pepys Diary 22 Aug., My closett is doing by upholsters, which I am pleased with. 1677Wycherley Pl. Dealer iii. i, Your Bookseller is properly your Upholster; for he furnishes your Room, rather than your Head. 1725Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 4 Any Person, having Occasion to imploy an Upholster, may be faithfully serv'd by Ann Hutchins. 1764H. Walpole Let. to Dalrymple 31 Jan., Our booksellers..are little more or less than upholsters.
fig.1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 151, I..looue not to be an Vpholster of stuffed, and bombasted malice in other. 1614J. Cooke Greene's Tu Quoque H 1 b, When thou art growne to bee An old Vpholster vnto Venerie. 1660W. Secker Nonsuch Prof. 156 As for flatterers they may be stiled the Devils Upholsters.
†b. Used spec. with reference to the making and selling of beds and bedding. Obs.
1554in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxford (1880) 218 George Bedder..to occupy the bedders craft,..to sell upholsters wares wythyn the lybertyes of thys Cytye. 1576Gascoigne Steele Gl. (Arb.) 80 When vpholsters sel fethers without dust. 1622Breton Fantastickes Wks. (Grosart) II. 10/1 The Poulters feathers make toward the Upholster. 1647Trapp Comm., 1 John iii. 7 These are the devils..upholsters that sow such pillows. 1688Secr. Serv. Money Chas. & Jas. (Camden) 186 To John Poictvin, upholster,..for making two bedds and furniture for the Queen.
▪ II. upˈholster, v. orig. U.S.
[Back-formation from upholsterer or upholstery. Cf. next.]
1. intr. To do upholstery work.
1861Mrs. Stowe Pearl Orr's Isl. 21 Miss Roxy and Miss Ruey..could upholster and quilt.
2. trans.
a. Of materials: To cover after the manner of upholstery.
1864Lowell Fireside Trav. 45 The dull weed upholstered the decaying wharves. 1873J. E. Taylor Half Hours in Green Lanes x. 292 Several species have already upholstered the rough bark with..delicate shades of velvety green.
b. To furnish or trim with, or as with, upholstery. Also fig.: in quot. 1873, to provide with (fine or smart) clothes, to dress; cf. upholstered ppl. a. b.
1873‘Mark Twain’ Gilded Age xxxiii. 300 It had cost something to upholster those women. 1877― Mississippi Pilot 24 The bar keeper had been barbered and upholstered at incredible cost. 1890C. Dixon Ann. Bird Life 85 All [ducks] upholster their nests in the same singular manner. 1891Lancet 24 Jan. 218/1 The whole thorax hollow is now laid bare and upholstered with the skin-muscle flap. |