单词 | upholster |
释义 | † upholstern. Obsolete. a. = upholder n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in second-hand goods upholder1333 upholster1411 broker1583 junkman1838 third-hand dealer1863 junker1889 junkie1902 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > upholsterer coucher1415 upholsterer1613 upholster1666 upholder1761 bug hunter1788 α. β. 1483–5 in H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church (1905) 123 Richard Crick, vpholster, for o quarter.a1492 W. Caxton tr. Vitas Patrum (1495) i. cxxvi. f. cxliiii/2 Whan the Chaunger..knewe his gowne that heng at the Vpholsters dore, and all redy was there to selle, he was sore wrothe.?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vj Harpe makers, leches, and vpholsters.1573 in A. Feuillerat Documents Office of Revels Queen Elizabeth (1908) 209 Upholster for pendentes of burnished golde for the Maskers garmentes.1614 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. i. 43 As for a resting chyre.., I did enquyre at an upholster the pryce of itt.1666 S. Pepys Diary 22 Aug. (1972) VII. 257 My Closet is doing by Upholsters, which I am pleased with.1677 W. Wycherley Plain-dealer iii. 45 Your Bookseller is properly your Upholster; for he furnishes your Room, rather than your Head.1725 Brice's Weekly Jrnl. 27 Aug. 4 Any Person, having Occasion to imploy an Upholster, may be faithfully serv'd by Ann Hutchins.1764 H. Walpole Let. to D. Dalrymple 31 Jan. Our booksellers..are little more or less than upholsters.figurative.1593 G. Harvey Pierces Supererogation 151 I..looue not to be an Vpholster of stuffed, and bombasted malice in other.1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque H 1 b When thou art growne to bee An old Vpholster vnto Venerie.1660 W. Secker Nonsuch Professor 156 As for flatterers they may be stiled the Devils Upholsters.1411 Close Roll 12 Hen. IV (dorso) Johannes Dryuer, upholdester. c1479 Inventory of Plate in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 602 iij girdels Staunton j girdel upholdester. 1480 Table Prouffytable Lernynge (Caxton) (1964) 2 Of tayllours and vpholdsters. 15.. in M. Sellers York Memorandum Bk. (1912) I. 64 Every uphaldster that sellis eny furrez within this citie. 1647 W. Lilly Christian Astrol. xii. 74 Upholdsters, Limners, Glovers. 1660 S. Pepys Diary 9 Oct. (1970) I. 262 I find..part of our chambers hung today by the Upholster. 1722 E. Ward Parish Gutt'lers 37 Once on a time he turn'd Upholdster, And slily dealt in Bed and Bolster. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > sellers of other specific things soaper?c1225 oilman1275 smear-monger1297 upholder1333 basket-seller?1518 broom-seller?1518 upholster1554 rod-woman1602 starchwoman1604 pin manc1680 colour seller1685 potato-woman1697 printseller1700 rag-seller1700 Greenwich barber1785 sandboy1821 iceman1834 umbrella man1851 fly-boy1861 snuff-boxera1871 pedlar1872 snake-boy1873 bric-a-brac man1876 tinwoman1884 resurrectionist1888 butch1891 paanwallah1955 1554 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 218 George Bedder..to occupy the bedders craft,..to sell upholsters wares wythyn the lybertyes of thys Cytye. 1576 G. Gascoigne Steele Glas sig. H.iiii When vpholsters, sel fethers without dust. 1622 N. Breton Fantasticks in Wks. (1879) II. 10/1 The Poulters feathers make toward the Upholster. 1647 J. Trapp Comm. Epist. & Rev. (1 John iii. 7) These are the devils..upholsters that sow such pillows. c1689 in J. Y. Akerman Moneys Secret Services Charles II & James II (1851) 186 To John Poictvin, upholster,..for making two bedds and furniture for the Queen. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). upholsterv. Originally U.S. 1. intransitive. To do upholstery work. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > make other specific articles or materials [verb (intransitive)] > make furniture upholster1861 1861 H. B. Stowe Pearl of Orr's Island 21 Miss Roxy and Miss Ruey..could upholster and quilt. 2. transitive. a. Of materials: To cover after the manner of upholstery. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > form or act as covering for > like upholstery upholster1864 1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 45 The dull weed upholstered the decaying wharves. 1873 J. 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 figurative: in quot. 1873, to provide with (fine or smart) clothes, to dress; cf. upholstered adj. b. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being internal > make internal or interior [verb (transitive)] > line > pad or stuff stopc1400 stuffc1450 bolster1530 suffulce1599 pad1741 wad1759 upholster1873 society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > making of other specific articles or materials > make other specific articles or materials [verb (transitive)] > processes in making furniture upholster1873 cane1885 rush1885 seat1886 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > in specific way > with specific garments > other wimple?c1225 pricka1275 clothe1382 addressa1393 haspc1400 to-cloutc1430 shirtc1450 gownc1485 tuft1535 passement1539 kerchief1600 muff1607 inshirt1611 insmock1611 mode1656 costume1802 slop1803 shawl1812 cravat1818 sur-invest1827 frock1828 pinafore1843 smock1847 panoply1851 underclothe1857 upholster1873 fancy dress1878 sleeve1887 to suit up1912 crinoline1915 1873 ‘M. Twain’ & C. D. Warner Gilded Age xxxiii. 300 It had cost something to upholster those women. 1877 ‘M. Twain’ Mississippi Pilot 24 The bar keeper had been barbered and upholstered at incredible cost. 1890 C. Dixon Ann. Bird Life 85 All [ducks] upholster their nests in the same singular manner. 1891 Lancet 24 Jan. 218/1 The whole thorax hollow is now laid bare and upholstered with the skin-muscle flap. 1926 C. Sidgwick Sack & Sugar xi. 126 Mrs. Watkins was upholstered in purple velvet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1926; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1411v.1861 |
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