Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that twists fibers into thread.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A person occupied in throwing raw silk, or in producing thrown silk.
- noun One who throws dice; a gambler.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete One who twists or spins
silk to prepare it forweaving .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn
Etymologies
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Examples
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It is handled here first by the "throwster," who winds it from the skein and makes various kinds of thread for different purposes.
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At the mill the raw silk goes to the "throwster" who twists the silk threads ready for the loom.
Textiles and Clothing Kate Heintz Watson
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The silks, as imported, chiefly from Bengal and China, are in what are called books of 10 lb. of which ten form a bale, and the business of the throwster is to wind it, from the plats or skeins upon bobbins; and from these, it is twisted into two, three, or more threads.
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 13, No. 365, April 11, 1829 Various
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It is handled here first by the _throwster_ who winds it from the skein and makes different varieties of thread.
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Silk is to be delivered on bobbins from throwster.
Theory of Silk Weaving A Treatise on the Construction and Application of Weaves, and the Decomposition and Calculation of Broad and Narrow, Plain, Novelty and Jacquard Silk Fabrics Arnold Wolfensberger
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In page 161, is a reference to Sir Thomas Lombe, “that eminent throwster, who erected the great engine in Derbyshire; a wonderful structure, consisting of twenty-nine thousand five hundred and eighty-six wheels, all set a going and continued in motion by one single water-wheel, for working silk with expedition and success.”
Biographical Memorials of James Oglethorpe Harris, Thaddeus M 1838
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If the firm sends its own silk it comes to the throwster in bulk with an order to throw a certain proportion of it into organzine of so many threads and twists; and the rest into tram of specified size, the price being computed by the pound. "
The Story of Silk Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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Usually the work is done on commission -- the manager, or throwster, receiving orders from weaving mills for exactly the sort of thread they wish to use. "
The Story of Silk Sara Ware Bassett 1920
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