upholster

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upholster - 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.
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  Upholster \Up*hol"ster\, n.
     1. A broker. [Obs.] --Caxton.
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     2. An upholsterer. [Obs.] --Strype.
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  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.
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     Upholsterer bee. (Zool.) See Poppy bee, under Poppy.
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upholster - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  upholster
      v 1: provide furniture with padding, springs, webbing, and
           covers