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Guild's
Dictionary of Colonial Arts and Trades
OCCUPATIONS AND DEFINITIONS
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| U |
| Upholder |
(1) upholsterer
(2) a seller of secondhand goods |
T
TR |
| Upholsterer |
one who finished furniture by putting on
the padding and cloth |
T |
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| V |
| Vergemaker |
a person who made the spindles used in clocks and watches |
S |
| Verrier |
a glazier |
W |
| Verser |
a versifier; a poet |
A |
| Vestmentmaker |
one who made gowns worn by priests |
T |
| Victualler |
a grocer |
TR |
| Vintner |
a wine merchant |
TR |
| Virginal Player |
one who played a musical instrument similar to a harpsichord |
A |
| Vulcan |
a blacksmith |
S |
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| W |
| Wabster |
weaver |
T |
| Waferer |
one who made and sold wafers or thin unleavened cakes |
P |
| Wainwright |
one who built or repaired wagons |
W |
| Waller |
(1) a person who built walls of either brick or dry stones
(2) one who worked making coarse salt |
W
P |
| Watchmaker |
one who made or repaired watches |
S |
| Wax Chandler |
candlemaker |
P |
| Weatherspy |
an astrologer |
A |
| Weaver |
one who weaves cloth |
T |
| Webber/Webster |
a weaver |
T |
| Wellwright |
a person who made the winding equipment used to raise the bucket in a well |
W |
| Wet Glover |
a person who made leather gloves |
T |
| Wheatmiller |
a miller who ground wheat; a gristmiller |
P/TR |
| Wheeler |
a wheel maker |
W |
| Wheelwright |
a person who repaired and made wheels and wheeled vehicles |
W |
| Whipcordmaker |
a person who made whips |
T |
| Whit Cooper |
one who made barrels from tin |
S |
| Whitesmith |
a maker of utensils in tin, especially dairy utensils |
S |
| White Tawer/ Whittawer |
a saddler, harness-maker |
T |
| Willow Plaiter |
one who made baskets |
T |
| Wire Drawer |
one who made wire from metal by drawing the metal through various size holes in a template |
S |
| Woodbreaker |
one who made wooden water casks |
W |
| Woolcomber |
one who combs wool to reduce fibers to produce a higher quality yarn |
T |
| Woolen Draper |
(1) weaver of woolen cloth
(2) a dealer in cloth and sometimes also in clothing and dry goods |
T
TR |
| Wool Factor |
wool merchants agent |
TR |
| Woolsted Man |
sold woolen cloth |
TR |
| Worsted Maker |
a person who made worsted wool |
T |
| Wright |
builder using wood |
W |
| Writer |
one who pens a literary work; an author |
A |
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