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A Topographical Dictionary of England
… subsequently manufactured here, were scythes, sickles, shears, and implements of husbandry. In 1570, many artizans … order and government of the makers of knives, scissors, shears, sickles, and other cutlery wares, in Hallamshire, in …
Old and New London
… guarded, to protect the booths and stands. THE "HAND AND SHEARS." A CASE BEFORE THE COURT OF PIE-POUDRE. ( From a …
A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely
… E.D.R. (1899), 29; inf. from the vicar, the Revd. M.G. Shears. Above, local govt.; below, nonconf.; educ.; char. …
A History of the County of Somerset
… in inventories, and one man had five pairs of fullers' shears. Cloth working seems to have declined after the 17th …