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throwster
throwster (ˈθrəʊstə(r)) Forms: 5 throwestre, -er, 6 throwstar, (7–8 throster), 7– throwster. [f. throw v.1 6 b + -ster.] 1. One who twists silk fibres into raw silk or raw silk into thread, a silk-throwster; originally, a woman who did this, a silk-woman (the earliest term). † Also extended to a wor... Oxford English Dictionary
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George Courtauld (industrialist, born 1761)
Career Apprenticed to a Spitalfields silk weaver in 1775, George Courtauld first worked on his own as silk throwster. wikipedia.org
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silk-throwster
silk-throwster [f. silk n. + throwster.] One who converts raw silk into silk thread.1621 in Strype Stow's Surv. (1720) II. 234/1 The Silk-Throwsters humbly desire to be made a Fellowship. 1648 C. Walker Hist. Independency 86 One of the new Captains of the Hamlets, a Silk-Throster, and a Tub-Preacher... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Strype
Located in what has now become known as Strype Street in Petticoat Lane, he was a merchant and silk throwster. wikipedia.org
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throwst
† throwst, v. Obs. Also 7–8 throst. [irreg. back-formation from throwster.] trans. To throw silk; = throw v.1 6 b. So ˈthrowsting vbl. n., silk-throwing; also attrib. throwsting-machine, throwst-mill.1691 W. Sewel Dutch Dict. s.v. Reeden, Zy-Reeden, to Throst silk. 1825 J. Nicholson Operat. Mechanic... Oxford English Dictionary
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John Birchenough
During this period Birchenough also had a silk throwster business in partnership with Joseph Arnold, which they carried out at the Prestbury Road mills wikipedia.org
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re-twist
re-twist, v. (riː-) [re- 5 a.] To twist again.1835 Ure Philos. Manuf. 248 The cost of re-winding and re-twisting..[is] about 5s. 1839 ― Dict. Arts 1115 The throwster re-winds and re-twists it upon the spinning mill. 1868 Rep. U.S. Commissioner Agric. (1869) 286 A second machine to retwist together t... Oxford English Dictionary
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Mary Ann Kilner
Mary Ann was born on 14 December 1753 at Spital (then Spittal) Square, London, the youngest child of James Maze (d. 1794), a prosperous Huguenot silk throwster wikipedia.org
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David Erskine Baker
In the second edition, Baker's name is given among the list of dramatic authors, and we are told that 'being adopted by an uncle who was a silk throwster wikipedia.org
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thrower
thrower (ˈθrəʊə(r)) Also 5– Sc. and north. dial. thrawer. [f. throw v.1 + -er1.] One who throws, in various senses. I. 1. One who fashions something by a rotary motion. † a. One who fashions wooden objects on a lathe; a turner. Obs.1483 Cath. Angl. 385/1 A Thrawer, tornator. 1620 Shuttleworths' Acc.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Offchurch Bury
by Henry ("Harry") Johnson (1866-1938), a textile manufacturer and managing director of Courtaulds Ltd at Coventry in Warwickshire, the son of a silk throwster wikipedia.org
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windster
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. Spi... Oxford English Dictionary
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Lucy Hardcastle
Her father was initially a clerk to the collector of excise but later ran the Derby Silk Mill as a silk throwster where silk thread was prepared for weaving wikipedia.org
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silk-thrower
silk-thrower [f. silk n. + thrower.] = silk-throwster.1670 R. Coke Disc. Trade 45 The discouragement put upon the Silk-throwers by the Corporation and Company of London. 1720 Strype Stow's Surv. II. 233/2 This Company of Silk-Throwers..having gained their Trade..from the Strangers since Anno quinto ... Oxford English Dictionary
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Louisa Courtauld
With him she had eight children, although only four survived, and their son George, apprenticed in 1761 to a silk throwster, began the link to the textile wikipedia.org
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