† whitsteredadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Whitened by bleaching.
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blanched1401
yblaunchydc1430
whited1529
whitstered1767
bone-bleached1840
overbleached1921
1767 T. Long Specif. Patent 869 A ‘machine for printing..whitstered linen’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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adj.1767- to laugh on the other side
- to laugh on the other side of one's face
- to laugh on the other side of one's mouth
- to laugh on the wrong side
- to laugh on the wrong side of one's etc
- to laugh on the wrong side of one's face
- to laugh on the wrong side of one's mouth
- to laugh one's fill
- to laugh one's head off
- to laugh one's tits off
- to laugh oneself sick
- to laugh oneself silly
- to laugh oneself stupid
- to laugh or take to scorning
- to laugh out
- to laugh out of court
- to laugh out of it
- to laugh out of the other side
- to laugh out of the other side of one's face
- to laugh out of the other side of one's mouth
- to laugh out of the wrong side
- to laugh out of the wrong side of one's face
- to laugh out of the wrong side of one's mouth
- to laugh out of wrong side of one's mouth
- to laugh over