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windster ? Obs.|ˈwaɪndstə(r)|
Also 5 wynstere.
[f. wind v.1 + -ster.]
A person (orig. a woman) engaged in winding silk, etc.
14..Langl. P. Pl. A. v. 129 (MS. T) My wyf was a wynstere [B. & C. texts webbe] & Wollene cloþ made. c1700Douce prints S. 9 fol. 2 b, Comber. Dyer. Throwster. Windster. Spinster. 1723Lond. Gaz. No. 6187/4 Eleanor Brown,..Silk-Windster. 1812J. Smyth Pract. Customs 185 Husks and Nubs are the refuse, which is thrown aside by the windster, during the process of winding the Silk from the cocoons. 1825New Monthly Mag. XIV. 259 Your warpers, your windsters, your weavers. |