A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.
ORDER XVIII.—PAINTERS AND DECORATORS (NOT POTTERY)
598.—Other Skilled Workers
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- briar pipe stainer
- stains bowl and stem of pipe, by hand, with cotton wool mop soaked in mixture of methylated spirits and aniline dyes.
- polisher's stainer
- a stainer (q.v.) who puts dull stain on white wood as a base for polish.
- stainer, wood stainer, wood dyer
- (i) colours wood by dipping it in stain and setting it to dry;
- (ii) paints stain on wood to bring out grain or to imitate wood of another kind.
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From:
A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain. 