toolern.
/ˈtuːlə/, U.S. /ˈtulər/ 1. A broad chisel used by stone-masons for random tooling; a drove.
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1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Tooler, a broad chissel.
2. Bookbinding. A workman who tools the covers of books: see tool v. 1b.
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society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun] > worker performing specific process
clasp-man1619
clasp-maker1664
gatherer1683
stitcher1805
book-edge gilder1823
tooler1834
marbler1835
book marbler1843
paper marbler1863
forwarder1870
cropper?1881
flush-binder?1881
inlayer1881
boarder1882
filleter1884
clasper1885
placer1902
1834 T. De Quincey Sketches Life & Manners in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Feb. 28/2 The King..coming into the binding-room and minutely inspecting the progress of the binder and his allies—the gilders, toolers, &c.
1865 Englishman's Mag. Sept. 220 The most finished specimens of the tooler's art in these days.
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