silk-dyern.
One who dyes silks.
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staineressc1430
silk-dyer?1518
colourist1772
shader?1881
wincer?1881
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vjv Table makers, sylke dyers, and shepsters.
1621 H. Elsynge Notes Deb. House of Lords (1870) 33 The Wardens of the Company of sylke dyers to sende hether 4 sylke dyers.
1709 London Gaz. No. 4535/4 Mr. James Taylor, a Silk Dyer.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 125 The silk-dyers keep a black vat, and its very complex composition varies in different dye-houses.
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