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Definition of Temperers
1. temperer [n] - See also: temperer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Temperers
Literary usage of Temperers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cutlery Trades: An Historical Essay in the Economics of Small-scale by Godfrey Isaac Howard Lloyd (1913)
"The members of all these groups were independent handicraftsmen, except the
grinders and temperers, who worked either for the forgers or the cutlers. ..."
2. Reports of Committees: 30th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. Senate (1880)
"By Mr. PLATT : Q. All the temperers are not Democrats, are they!—A. No, sir. Q.
The company could get good temperers who vote the Republican ticket, ..."
3. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1845)
"... Achilles in vain 170 The young men fill'd the temperers with wine; And round
about the full cups were convey'd, And offer'd up unto the powers divine. ..."
4. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"When water was brought in they wash'd and pray'd ; 170 The young men fill'd the
temperers with wine ; And round about the full cups were convey 'd, ..."
5. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas Hobbes (1844)
"s When water was brought in they wash d and pray d ; 170 The young men fill'd
the temperers with wine; And round about the full cups were convey'd, ..."
6. The College, the Market, and the Court: Or, Woman's Relation to Education by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1914)
"... as spinners, gauze-workers, and winders; as basket-makers, and temperers of
steel; as knife-handlers, embroiderers, and wheel-turners; as velvet-makers, ..."
7. The College, the Market, and the Court, Or, Woman's Relation to Education by Caroline Wells Healey Dall (1868)
"... as spinners, gauze-workers, and winders; as basket-makers, and temperers of
steel; as knife-handlers, embroiderers, and wheel-turners; as velvet-makers, ..."
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