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Definition of Throwster
1. Noun. A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.
Definition of Throwster
1. n. One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
Definition of Throwster
1. Noun. (obsolete) One who twists or spins silk to prepare it for weaving. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Throwster
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Throwster
Literary usage of Throwster
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Group of Englishmen (1795 to 1815) Being Records of the Younger Wedgwoods by Eliza Meteyard (1871)
"... James Mackintosh —On Circuit with Basil Montague—Poole's History of Willmott—
Originally a Silk throwster—Receives little Benefit by his Father's Will, ..."
2. Newton's London Journal of Arts and Sciences: Being Record of the Progress by William Newton, Charles Frederick Partington (1837)
"Gibson, of the same place, throwster, for a new or improved process or manufacture
of silk, and silk in combination with certain other fibrous substances. ..."
3. Silk Manufacturing and Its Problems by James Chittick (1913)
"The throwster is entitled to payment on account in proportion to his ...
Liability for Silk—A commission throwster who accepts a lot of raw-silk for the ..."
4. Silk Manufacturing and Its Problems by James Chittick (1913)
"The throwster is entitled to payment on account in proportion to his ...
Liability for Silk—A commission throwster who accepts a lot of raw-silk for the ..."
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