flakern.
/ˈfleɪkə/ 1. One who flakes; spec. one who strikes off flakes of flint to be used as gun-flints.
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society > armed hostility > military equipment > production and development of arms > armourer > [noun] > one who makes artillery or firearms > specific processes
hardener1796
percussioner1854
flaker1879
1879 Encycl. Brit. IX. 326/1 An expert flaker will make 7000 to 10,000 flakes in a day of twelve hours.
2. An implement for flaking flint.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > others
ripper1659
Mohock1721
pinking iron1761
stock knife1799
sapper1822
ice plough1830
race knife1832
dresser1860
race-tool1867
pen-maker1875
stone-cutter1875
twinning-machine1875
nail cutter1876
paper cutter1880
guillotine1883
miller1890
flaker1891
undercutter1891
race1904
lino-cutter1907
gang mower1917
go-devil1918
rotary cutter1936
stripping-bill1968
fragmentizer1972
1891 D. Wilson Right Hand 51 A..wooden flaker sufficed for the Aztecs in shaping the easily-worked obsidian.
1891 Ardrossan Her. 30 Oct. 2 Flint implements and weapons, including..flakers, &c.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
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