whitstern.

Brit.

/ˈwɪtstə/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)wɪtstər/

Forms: late Middle English qwychstar (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English qwyster (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English qwytstare, late Middle English whystare (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English whytster, late Middle English wytstare, 1500s whitstarre, 1500s– whitster, 1600s whister; Scottish pre-1700 quhister. N.E.D. (1924) also records forms late Middle English quister, late Middle English whytstar.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white v.¹, -ster suffix.

Etymology: < white v.¹ + -ster suffix.

1. A person employed in bleaching cloth or yarn. Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent > bleacher

pleykstare1440

whitster1440

whitener1540

bleacher1550

bleaker1611

crofter1772

Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 39 Bleystare, or wytstare [1499 Pynson bleykester or whytster, a1500 BL Add. 37789 bleyestare or qwytstare, King's Cambr. bleyster], candidarius.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/2 Whitstarre, blanchisseur de toylles.

1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 58 in Jewell House The whitsters, and dutch laundresses.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 13 Take this basket..and carry it among the Whitsters in Dotchet Mead.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 12 Aug. (1974) VIII. 383 My wife and maids being gone over the water to the Whitsters with their clothes.

1701 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade No. 493. ⁋5 The Whitsters do use these Pot-Ashes, in the whitening of their Yarn and Cloth.

1772 Manch. Directory 53 Alphabetical list of the Crofters or Whitsters.

1824 J. Hook Percy Mallory II. iv. 80 The ‘wear and tear’ being attributable to the over care of the laundress or whitster.

1882 B. T. Barton Hist. Gleanings Bolton & District lviii. 330 John Walkden..resident in Little Bolton, a whitster.

1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manuf. Early Mod. Eng. xiv. 190 Yarnmasters..frequently availed themselves of the services of the Moston whitsters.

2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law v. 208 He was possessed of land and mills containing water-powered machinery for his trade as a whitster.

†2. = whitesmith n.¹ Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin

whitesmith1260

tinner1272

tin-worker1610

tinman1611

white-iron smith1711

white iron man1765

whitster1823

tinsmith1858

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 483 Whitster, a whitesmith—not common.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	whitster
释义	whitstern. Brit. /ˈwɪtstə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)wɪtstər/ Forms: late Middle English qwychstar (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English qwyster (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English qwytstare, late Middle English whystare (perhaps transmission error), late Middle English whytster, late Middle English wytstare, 1500s whitstarre, 1500s– whitster, 1600s whister; Scottish pre-1700 quhister. N.E.D. (1924) also records forms late Middle English quister, late Middle English whytstar. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white v.¹, -ster suffix. Etymology: < white v.¹ + -ster suffix. 1. A person employed in bleaching cloth or yarn. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > named colours > white or whiteness > whitener > [noun] > bleaching agent > bleacher pleykstare1440 whitster1440 whitener1540 bleacher1550 bleaker1611 crofter1772 Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 39 Bleystare, or wytstare [1499 Pynson bleykester or whytster, a1500 BL Add. 37789 bleyestare or qwytstare, King's Cambr. bleyster], candidarius. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 288/2 Whitstarre, blanchisseur de toylles. 1594 H. Plat Diuerse Sorts of Soyle 58 in Jewell House The whitsters, and dutch laundresses. a1616 W. Shakespeare Merry Wives of Windsor (1623) iii. iii. 13 Take this basket..and carry it among the Whitsters in Dotchet Mead. View more context for this quotation 1667 S. Pepys Diary 12 Aug. (1974) VIII. 383 My wife and maids being gone over the water to the Whitsters with their clothes. 1701 Coll. Improvem. Husbandry & Trade No. 493. ⁋5 The Whitsters do use these Pot-Ashes, in the whitening of their Yarn and Cloth. 1772 Manch. Directory 53 Alphabetical list of the Crofters or Whitsters. 1824 J. Hook Percy Mallory II. iv. 80 The ‘wear and tear’ being attributable to the over care of the laundress or whitster. 1882 B. T. Barton Hist. Gleanings Bolton & District lviii. 330 John Walkden..resident in Little Bolton, a whitster. 1985 E. Kerridge Textile Manuf. Early Mod. Eng. xiv. 190 Yarnmasters..frequently availed themselves of the services of the Moston whitsters. 2004 J. Getzler Hist. Water Rights Common Law v. 208 He was possessed of land and mills containing water-powered machinery for his trade as a whitster. †2. = whitesmith n.¹ Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > workers with tin whitesmith1260 tinner1272 tin-worker1610 tinman1611 white-iron smith1711 white iron man1765 whitster1823 tinsmith1858 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 483 Whitster, a whitesmith—not common. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1440
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