rare. Also 5 woder. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] a. A dyer with woad. b. A cultivator of woad.

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1415.  Rolls of Parlt., IV. 75/1. Deux Drapers, un Woder, & un Tinctour.

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1424.  Will of John Rouwe (Somerset Ho.). Tinctor siue Woder.

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1616.  Rich Cabinet, 55 b. To goe afield with victuals to his woaders, or weeders, to ouerlooke their labours.

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1830.  Withering’s Brit. Plants (ed. 7), III. 752, note. The gangs of people called Woaders, who make the culture of this herb their peculiar employment.

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1881.  Instr. Census Clerks (1885), 67. Silk Bleacher, Woader.

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