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▪ I. ‖ zoster|ˈzɒstə(r)|
Also 9 zooster.
[L., a. Gr. ζωστήρ girdle, f. ζωννύναι to gird.]
†1. A kind of seaweed. Obs. rare.
1601Holland 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.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey). 1867O. W. Holmes Guardian Angel xxv, Armed against every malady from Ague to Zoster. 1876Duhring 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.
1824Gentl. Mag. Dec. 483 A zooster or girdle of the same metal, which reaches half round the body. 1906Academy 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.
▪ II. zoster
obs. form of sister. |