Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A drier; one employed in a drying establishment; one who is engaged in carrying on some drying operation.

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Examples

  • ‘kempster’ (pectrix), ‘dryster’ (siccatrix), ‘brawdster’, (I suppose embroideress) {171}, and ‘salster’ (salinaria) {172}.

    English Past and Present Richard Chenevix Trench 1846

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