Lexicographical Neighbors of Bandster
Literary usage of Bandster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"As many reapers as may be served by one bandster ; formerly eight, now, in Lothian
at least, generally six. "The harvest strength is distributed into bands, ..."
2. The New Statistical Account of Scotland by Society for the Benefit of the Sons and Daughters of the Clergy (1845)
"The farmers engage hands for the harvest about Lammas. A cutter gets about L.
2, 10s.; a bandster from L. 2 to L. 2. 5s.; women from L. 1, 10s. to L. 1, ..."
3. Northumberland Words by Richard Oliver Heslop, Oliver Heslop (1892)
"bandster, a sheaf binder in the harvest field. BAND-STONE, the stone immediately
... Six are usually as many as a bandster can conveniently bind after. ..."
4. Retrospect of Philosophical, Mechanical, Chemical, and Agricultural DiscoveriesScience (1815)
"On the Diseases of Sheep. By the same ihid. On the hinding and stocking of Grain.
By a bandster 170 On the hinding and stocking of Grain ; in reply to a ..."
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