Meaning of litster | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname.
2. A dyer.
   Scotland, UK, archaic

Examples

“But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth.”

“Other women ran businesses that required reliance on a network of suppliers, sometimes of raw materials. Isobel Provand in the Canongate was a litster.”

“The smell⟳ of the tanners' and the litsters' work⟳ still hung in the night air, although they had long since gone to their weary beds.”

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