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. c 1700 Douce prints S. 9 fol. 2 b, Comber. Dyer. Throwster. Windster. Spinster. 1723 Lond. Gaz. No. 6187/4 Eleanor Brown,..Silk-Windster. 1812 J. 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. 1825 New Monthly Mag. XIV. 259 Your warpers, your windsters, your weavers. |