[f. as prec. + -ER1.]

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  1.  A broad chisel used by stone-masons for random tooling; a drove.

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1828.  Craven Gloss., Tooler, a broad chissel.

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  2.  Bookbinding. A workman who tools the covers of books: see TOOL v. 1 b.

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1834.  De Quincey, in Tait’s Mag., I. 28/2. The King … coming into the binding-room and minutely inspecting the progress of the binder and his allies—the gilders, toolers, &c.

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1865.  Englishm. Mag., Sept., 220. The most finished specimens of the tooler’s art in these days.

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