veinern.
/ˈveɪnə/, U.S. /ˈveɪnər/ΚΠ
1763 London Evening-post 15 Oct. Trial was made before several gentlemen concerned in the coal trade, and some eminent Veiners, of the machine erected for Sir John Hussey Delaval, Bart. at Seaton.
2. Any of various tools used to create decorative representations of the veins of leaves or petals. Cf. vein n. 5b.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > plastic art > sculpture or carving > [noun] > equipment
chisela1616
gravera1637
puncheon1662
veiner1819
gradine1860
macaroni1867
macaroni tool1867
pointing machine1871
punch1875
1819 Statesman 20 Oct. 1/1 (advt.) A quantity of Flower-makers' Punches, Veiners, Goffers, and Press.
1853 Lady's Newspaper 9 Apr. 229/1 [Leatherworking] The steel veiner is an instrument which must be handled with skill and delicacy, in order to copy nature with truth and fidelity.
1879 Furnit. Gaz. 15 Nov. 340/3 The tools used by wood-carvers consist of square firmer chisels, corner firmers,..veiners, grounders, [etc.].
1907 P. N. Hasluck Cabinetwork & Joinery 112/1 Mark out the design on the wood, follow the lines with a V-tool or veiner, then go over it with a ¼-in. spade tool.
1989 M. Verghese Fancy Eggs 15/2 Cut out five leaves in green-coloured flower paste. Mark the veins with a rose leaf veiner.
2005 Times (Nexis) 23 Apr. (Mag.) 12 What are the tools [for making artificial flowers]? Stamps in all shapes and sizes, and veiners or flower irons.
3. † b. A person who makes veins in artificial flowers. Obsolete.
a. A person who embroiders decorative veining (see veining n. 1b) on to handkerchiefs or the like. Now historical and rare.Chiefly with reference to the Irish linen industry.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > one who
edger1591
sprigger1832
veiner1838
starrer1844
1838 Belfast News-let. 26 Oct. (advt.) Wanted. A considerable number of sewers, tambourers, and veiners.
1864 F. W. Robinson Mem. Jane Cameron I. 119 There were..menders and darners, veiners and winders,..needlewomen [etc.].
1889 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 31 Jan. 5/6 It may now be assumed that the strike among the veiners and hemstitchers of the town [of Lurgan] has, for the present, come to an end.
1921 Irish Times 17 Oct. 5/5 A rate of wages..will be fixed between the Hemmers' and Veiners' Society and the employers.
1994 A. Marsh et al. Hist. Directory Trade Unions iii. 284 The Transport and General Workers' Union lists the Lurgan Hemmers and Veiners as amalgamating with that union in 1951, but it seems to have continued its registration in Northern Ireland until 1963.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of part of finished article > of other specific parts
point-taggera1652
stick mounter1780
shanker?1881
veiner?1881
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 55 Leaf Making:..Cutter-out. Veiner. Shader.
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 55 [Artificial] Flower Making: Stiffener. Cutter-out. Veiner.
1915 Dry Goods Economist 3 Apr. 227/1 The leaf shapes..are pasted to a covered wire stem. These go to the ‘veiners’, who place each leaf in a mold..and by means of a heavy wheel press impart the vein effect.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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