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ˈlitster ? Obs. Forms: 4 litestere, 4–5 littester, 5 littstar, lystare, -er, lyt(a)ster, lyttester, 5–6 lytster, 6 litstair, 5– litster, (9 dial. lister). [f. lit v. + -ster.] A dyer.
c1374Chaucer Former Age 17 No mader, welde, or wod no litestere Ne knew. 1428in Surtees Misc. (1888) 6 [He] seld yt furth deceyvabilly to lytsters, and, in especial, to John Kyrkby and Robert Dowfe, lytsters of York. 1432Test. Ebor. (Surtees) ii. 21, I wyll..to Kendall wyfe, lyttester, xxvjs viijd. 1488Nottingham Rec. III. 12 Et de iijs. pro firma unius gardini nuper in tenura Thomae Parker, litster. 1587Sc. Acts Jas. VI, c. 119 As alsua ane litstair or ma for litting and perfitting of þair saide warkis. 1609N. Riding Rec. I. 165 Tho. Newton, litster, presented for brewing [etc.]. 1649G. Daniel Trinarch., Rich. II, xcv, As though the state Might weare noe Cloath by Dyed in Litstar's fatt. 1714–26G. Guthrie Mem. (1900) 18 He had also two other Sons..both Litsters in Aberdeen. 1819Hunter Hallamsh. Gloss., Lister. 1887Bulloch Pynours 85 The burn still runs, but now of small use to any Litster. |