Chiefly Sc. Obs. Also 4 wynewestere; Sc. 6 vyndoustar, windostar, 7 windister; 9 winnister. [f. WINNOW v. + -STER.] = WINNOWER (orig. applied to a woman).
c. 1325. Gloss. W. de Bibbesw., in Wright, Voc., 148. Par ventresse [gloss a wynewestere] en ventre Payn de furment entre.
1505. Exchequer Rolls Scot., XII. 673. Item to the vyndoustaris iiij bollis aitis.
1508. Rentale Dunkeldense (S.H.S., 1915), 251. For the windostaris, 2 b[olls].
1618. in A. L. Ritchie, Churches St. Baldred (1880), 170. That some women … being ye Ladies windisteris, did spred muick ye last Sabbothe at efternoone.
1825. Jamieson, Winnowster, winnister, sb., a machine for winnowing corn. Aberd.
