Definition of Die-sinker

1. Noun. Someone who makes dies.

Exact synonyms: Diemaker, Diesinker
Generic synonyms: Artificer, Artisan, Craftsman, Journeyman

Lexicographical Neighbors of Die-sinker

didymiums
didymo
didymosphenia geminata
didymous
didymus
didynamia
didynamies
didynamous
didynamy
die
die-cast
die-hard
die-hard(a)
die-off
die-offs
die-sinker (current term)
die away
die back
die down
die hard
die in the arse
die off
die on the vine
die out
dieb
dieback
diebacks
diebs
diecast

Literary usage of Die-sinker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. English Book-plates: Ancient and Modern by Egerton ( Castle (1894)
"... very arid, quite unmistakable work of the modern " die-sinker and engraver,") however interesting it may sometimes prove to the genealogist, ..."

2. History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884 by John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott (1884)
"Moritz Fuerst, or Fürst, die-sinker and engraver of seals and medals, ... He had been instructed in his art by Wurt, die-sinker in the mint of Vienna, ..."

3. A Digest of Important Cases on the Law of Crimes by John Romain Rood (1906)
"Dies for Coin by Innocent die-sinker. Defendant was convicted at the Warwick ... It was proved by the die-sinker, that defendant applied to him to make two ..."

4. Machinery (1900)
"The die-sinker determines, from his model, the best "parting line" for the forging in much ... After the die-sinker has formed the die to the desired shape, ..."

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