Citations:acutiator

English citations of acutiator

1. • 1798, Thomas Dobson, Encyclopædia: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, page 104:

     In the ancient armies there were acutiators, a kind of smiths, retained for whetting or keeping the arms sharp.

   • 2008, Thomas Stone, Frontier Experience, →ISBN, page 40:

     At the termination of his adolescence, he became a fustilarian, a scambler, a literator, an arpentator, an acutiator, a horologist, and an omnivagant under the profession of chiropodist, bletonist, and vulcanian journeyman.