? Obs. Also 5 wynstere. [f. WIND v.1 + -STER.] A person (orig. a woman) engaged in winding silk, etc.

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14[?].  Langl., P. Pl., A. V. 129 (MS. T). My wyf was a wynstere [B. & C. texts webbe] & Wollene cloþ made.

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c. 1700.  Douce prints S. 9, fol. 2 b. Comber. Dyer. Throwster. Windster. Spinster.

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1723.  Lond. Gaz., No. 6187/4. Eleanor Brown,… Silk-Windster.

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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.

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1825.  New Monthly Mag., XIV. 259. Your warpers, your windsters, your weavers.

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