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Definition of Throwster

Throwster
Throwster Throw"ster, n. [Throw + -ster.] One who throws or twists silk; a thrower.

Meaning of Throwster from wikipedia

- silk weaver in 1775, George Courtauld first worked on his own as silk throwster. Between 1785 and 1794 he made a number of visits to America. In 1794...
- Macclesfield, and sold to ICI Fibres. ICI licensed the product to various throwsters. The largest producer was William Tatton of L****, and the Golborne factory...
- was founded in 1794 in Pebmarsh in Es****. The business was originally "throwsters", that is producers of yarn, but later specialised in weaving as in silk...
- and have since ceased to exist include the following: Combmakers Silk Throwsters Silkmen Pinmakers Soap Makers Hatband Makers Long Bowstring Makers The...
- to the collector of excise but later ran the Derby Silk Mill as a silk throwster where silk thread was prepared for weaving. As a child or young person...
- known as Strype Street in Petticoat Lane, he was a merchant and silk throwster. The younger John was educated at St Paul's School, and on 5 July 1662...
- organzines and trams call the surplus "manufacturer's waste." A silk "throwster" receives the silk in skein form, the thread of which consists of a number...
- only four survived, and their son George, apprenticed in 1761 to a silk throwster, began the link to the textile company Courtaulds. They ran a successful...
- Society of Silk Pickers 1884 202 Amalgamated Society of Silk Spinners, Throwsters and Reelers 1907 160 Amalgamated Society of Women Workers 1906 4,800 ****ociation...
- director of Courtaulds Ltd at Coventry in Warwickshire, the son of a silk throwster at Macclesfield. He was "one of the builders and guiding figures of the...