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upholster
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n.
1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton.
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2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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. [1913 Webster] Upholsterer bee. (Zool.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy. [1913 Webster]
