litster

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English litestere, from liten (“to dye”) (from Old Norse litr) + -stere (see -ster).

1. A dyer.

   “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.”