silk-windern.
1. One who winds or coils silk filament or thread preparatory to weaving.
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silk-winder1611
1611 J. Florio Queen Anna's New World of Words Indouanadore, a silke-winder.
1662 Act 14 Chas. II c. 15 §6 Every such Silk-winder and Doubler.
1786 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 77 103 Since it came out of the hands of the silk-winder.
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a. A silk-reel.
b. A machine by which silk thread in the hank is transferred to the bobbin before spinning.
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silk-winder1858
1858 in P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products
1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2182/1 Fanshaw's silk-winder, English patent, 1827, was designed to avoid the breakage of the filament in winding the skein silk on to bobbins.
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silk-windress1598
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silk-windster1723
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Diuidatrice, a silke winderesse.
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silk-windster1723
1723 London Gaz. No. 6187/4 Eleanor Brown, late of Milk-yard Shadwell, Silk-windster.
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