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† ˈwinnowster Chiefly Sc. Obs.
Also 4 wynewestere; Sc. 6 vyndoustar, windostar, 7 windister; 9 winnister.
[f. winnow v. + -ster.]
= winnower (orig. applied to a woman).
c1325Gloss. W. de Bibbesw. in Wright Voc. 148 Par ventresse [gloss a wynewestere] en ventre Payn de furment entre. 1505Exchequer Rolls Scot. XII. 673 Item to the vyndoustaris iiij bollis aitis. 1508Rentale Dunkeldense (S.H.S. 1915) 251 For the windostaris, 2 b[olls]. 1618in A. L. Ritchie Churches St. Baldred (1880) 170 That some women..being ye Ladies windisteris, did spred muick ye last Sabbothe at efternoone. 1825Jamieson, Winnowster, winnister, s., a machine for winnowing corn. Aberd. |