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upholster |
4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, v. t. [See {Upholsterer}.] To furnish (rooms, carriages, bedsteads, chairs, etc.) with hangings, coverings, cushions, etc.; to adorn with furnishings in cloth, velvet, silk, etc.; as to upholster a couch; to upholster a room with curtains. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n. 1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton. 2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Upholsterer \Up*hol"ster*er\, n. [A substitution for older upholder, in OE., broker, tradesman, and formerly also written {upholster}, {upholdster}. See {Upholder}, and {-ster}.] One who provides hangings, coverings, cushions, curtains, and the like one who upholsters. {Upholsterer bee}. (Zo["o]l.) See {Poppy bee}, under {Poppy}. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: upholster v : provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and covers
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