windstern.
/ˈwʌɪndstə/ ? Obsolete.
A person (originally a woman) engaged in winding silk, etc.
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14.. W. Langland Piers Plowman A. v. 129 (MS. T) My wyf was a wynstere [B. & C. texts webbe] & Wollene cloþ made.
c1700 Douce prints S. 9 f. 2 b Comber. Dyer. Throwster. Windster. Spinster.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6187/4 Eleanor Brown,..Silk-Windster.
1812 J. Smyth Pract. of Customs ii. 185 Husks and Nubs are the refuse, which is thrown aside by the windster, during the process of winding the Silk from the cocoons.
1825 New Monthly Mag. 14 259 Your warpers, your windsters, your weavers.
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