Take the chair, is for the person to be trimmed to sit down.
Clear the neck, is to unbutton and turn down the collar of the man’s neck.
Cloath him, is to put a trimming cloth before him, and to fasten it about his neck.
Powder the hair, is to puff sweet powder into it.
Walk your combs, is to use two combs, in each hand one, and so comb the hair with one after the other.
Quever the combs, is to use them as if they were scratting on each side the temples.
Curle up the hair, is to rowle it about a pair of curling or beard irons, and thrust it under the cap.
Lather the face, is to wash the beard with the suds which the ball maketh by chaffing it in the warm water.
Hand the razor, set it in a right order between the thumb and fingers.
Shave the beard, is to take off superfluous hairs.