A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1400-1499, 1597-1609
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Kemstar, -er, Kemestar, -er, n. Also: kempstar. [ME. kemster (1356), kempstare (c 1440), -ster, kembestere, f. Kem v.: cf. MDu. kemster(e.] A wool-comber (orig. a female wool-comber). —c1420 Bute MS. 154 b.
Of kemstarys & webstarys14.. Burgh Laws lxxxiii (A).
Of webstaris & kempstaris14.. Acts I. 41/2.
Gif ony kemestaris [L. pectrices] levis the burgh to dwell wyth uplandys men a1598 Ferg. Prov. MS. No. 918.
Kemsters ar creishie 1609 Skene Reg. Maj. Table. ii. 69 b.
Regraters, sutours, kemesters, bloccers
