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whitster Now local. (ˈhwɪtstə(r)) Forms: 5 whytstar, wytstare, whystare, qwytstare, qwyster, quister, 6 whitstarre, 6– whitster. [f. white v. + -ster. Cf. Du. witster ‘a Woman that whitens the walls’ (Sewel).] 1. A bleacher.c 1440 Promp. Parv. 39/1 Bleystare, or wytstare (K. bleyster, H. bleyestare ...
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Radcliffe, Greater Manchester
is after 1680, in the Radcliffe parish registers, which make increasing mention of occupations such as woollen webster (weaving), linen webster, and whitster
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whyste
whyst(e whystare, whystel(l, -tle, -tyl(le, whystelare, -er: see whist, whitster, whistle, wissel, whistler, wisseler.
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whiting
▪ I. whiting, n. (ˈhwaɪtɪŋ) Forms: 5–6 whytynge, whitynge, (5 wytenge, -yng), 6 whyting, -yng, whityng, -inge, 7 whytting, Sc. quhiting, quhittine, 8 whitting, Sc. whyten, 8–9 Sc. whiten, 6– whiting. [ad. (M)Du. wijting, also † wittingh, MLG. wîtink ‘aculeja’, ‘amia’, ‘asellus’; app. f. white a. + -...
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wash-house
wash-house (ˈwɒʃhaʊs) Also 6–7 washouse, 9 vulgar washus, wash'us. [f. wash v. + house n. Cf. Du. waschhuis, G. waschhaus.] † 1. A bath-house. Obs. rare.c 1000 O.E. Glosses in Ztschr. f. deutsches Altertum XXXI. 13 Colimbum, wæschus. 1704 J. Pitts Acc. Moham. 47 They have many Hammams, or Wash-house...
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