corklitester
, cork + litster.
Searchable Lemmata: corklitester (ME).
Alternate Forms: corklittster, corklitster.
Definitions and Defining Citations:
1(n.)
Occupation;
one who dyes with cork (purple dye made from lichens).(circa 1279)
Sex: Male Ceremonial: No
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Etymological Evidence:
Definite, compound of cork (see Cork 2) 'purple dye' + litester, 'dyer' (see litster). Appears as a surname, at a considerably earlier date than the earliest attestation of simplex 'cork'; the early date and the second element shows this to be the correct sense of cork, rather than Cork 1.
WF: Compound
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