10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANDSTER»
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The Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture: ...
4488. A bandster is commonly employed by the farmer to bind the sheaves and
set the stocks after thravers, as these are apt to make the sheaves smaller than
they should be, when they themselves bind them, and also to practise the fraud of
...
Henry Stephens, John Pitkin Norton,
1862
4488. A bandster is commonly emplo ed by the farmer to bind the sheaves am?
set the stooks after thravers, as these are apt to make the sheaves smaller than
they should be, when they themselves bind them, and also to practise the fraud of
...
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The Farmer's Guide to Scientific and Practical Agriculture: ...
4488. A bandster is commonly employed by tlie farmer to bind the sheaves and
set the stooks after thravers, aa these are apt to make the sheaves smaller than
they should be, when they themselves bind them, and also to practise the fraud of
...
Henry Stephens, John Pitkin Norton,
1851
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The English dialect dictionary
Sc. A binder of sheaves. See Bandster. Got]. The handsmen are often taken
indiscriminately from the common labourers, Ag'r. Sum. 0AM.) [Bands (pl. of band
, sb.1)+mnn.] , BANDSTER, sb. Sc. th. Cum. Yks. Also written hanster. {han{d)sto(
r].] ...
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A review of bishop Percy's folio ballad manuscript
After the introduction of the scythe, the best men cut the corn ; the women
gathered it into sheaves, and made the bands ; while younger men, as a rule,
bound and stooked the sheaves. The bandster could claim a kiss from the
gatherer for ...
William Lewery Blackley,
1867
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language: in which the ...
Roxb. BANDOUNLY,adv. Firnily;coui-ageously. Wallace. BANG, s. 1. An action
expressive of haste; as, He BANDSMAN, s. A binder of sheaves in harvest, Ga.l-
cam wt" a bang, S. 2. In a bang, in a hufl', Aberd. ' loway. Syn. Bandster. Ross. 3.
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
As many reapers as may be served by one bandster; formerly eight, now, in
Lothian at least, generally six. " The harvest strength is distributed into bands,
consisting each of six reapers, provincially called shearers, with a binder or
bandster, ...
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
As many reapers as may be served by one bandster; formerly eight, now, in
Lothian at least, generally six. " The harvest strength is distributed into bands,
consisting each of six reapers, provincially called shearers, with a binder or
bandster, ...
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language: In which the Words ...
Wallace. BANDSMAN, s. A binder of sheaves in harvest, Galloway. Syn. Bandster
. BAND-STANE, s. A stone going through on both sides of a wall ; thus
denominated, because it binds the rest together, S. The Black Dwarf. BANDSTER
, Bakster ...
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British husbandry: exhibiting the farming practice in ...
The reapers are usually placed in bands of six each, many of them being women,
headed by the most experienced man among them ; and these are followed by a
man — as a bandster — to tie up the sheaves, and place them upright, ...
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANDSTER»
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... victory over Stanford in 1982 -- was serenaded by trombonist Gary Tyrell, the Stanford bandster who was run over on the final touchdown. «ESPN, May 13»
Cast off the cold Sunday with Oshawa group
Open to everyone who has had lapband surgery or if you're looking into the lapband process, recently banded, or a long-time Bandster. «durhamregion.com, Jan 13»
Yo Gabba Gabba! visits Portland's Memorial Coliseum this Sunday
The show's "Super Music Friend" will be kid-friendly one-man-jam-bandster Keller Williams, who also will perform an adult set on Sunday night ... «OregonLive.com, Nov 10»
Lap Band Surgery Helps Bremerton Girl Be 'The Kid I Want To Be'
At first, Hannah didn't have much interest in being a "bandster," as Marsha calls it, and she didn't have self-confidence problems. But as she ... «Kitsap Sun, Jul 07»