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Definition of Stainers
1. stainer [n] - See also: stainer
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Literary usage of Stainers
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1. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland by Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (1901)
"The Guild was governed by one Master and two Wardens, representing the three
faculties of Cutlers, Painter-stainers, and Stationers, and a Council who were ..."
2. Some Account of London by Thomas Pennant (1813)
"They styled themselves Painter-stainers; the chief work being the staining or
painting of glass, illuminating missals, or painting of portative or other ..."
3. A Treatise on the Design and Construction of Mill Buildings and Other by Henry Grattan Tyrrell (1911)
"stainers. If the desired finish color is different from the base, other pigments
must be added, which are called stainers. The principal ones are as ..."
4. A Treatise on Civil Engineering by William Macfarland Patton (1895)
"These are commonly called stainers. Driers are red lead, litharge, ... The green
stainers are made by mixing yellow and blue, but these are not as durable ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"The Painter-stainers' Company : Silver cup and cover, bequeathed by Mr. W.
Camden, hall-marked 1623 ; salt (in three ..."
6. London by Charles Knight (1851)
"... the Painter stainers, who not only claimed a supervision over the highest
branches of art, but had their claims admitted by the enrolment of such men as ..."
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