Also 9 zooster. [L., a. Gr. ζωστήρ girdle, f. ζωννύναι to gird.]
† 1. A kind of seaweed. Obs. rare.
1601. Holland, Pliny, XIII. xxv. I. 401. As for the former [seaweed] called Zoster, it is found among the shelves and shallow waters not farre from the shore.
2. The disease shingles, Herpes zoster. Also attrib.
1706. Phillips (ed. Kersey).
1867. O. W. Holmes, Guardian Angel, xxv. Armed against every malady from Ague to Zoster.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin, 78. Pustules are met with … in non-parasitic sycosis, zoster, etc.
3. Gr. Antiq. A belt or girdle, esp. as worn by men.
1824. Gentl. Mag., Dec., 483. A zooster or girdle of the same metal, which reaches hall round the body.
1906. R. Y. Tyrrell, in Academy, 1 Dec., 543/2. The Mitré is a band of metal worn round the waist under the Chiton, the Zoster a similar belt worn over the tunic.
