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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LUS'TRING, n. A species of glossy silk cloth. [Corruptly written and pronounced lutestring.]

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: modification of Italian lustrino Date: 1697 archaic lutestring II. noun Etymology: lustring, gerund of ³luster Date: circa 1889 a finishing process (as calendering) for giving a gloss to yarns and cloth

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Luster Lus"ter, Lustre Lus"tre, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lustred; p. pr. & vb. n. Lustering, or Lustring.] To make lustrous. [R. & Poetic] Flooded and lustered with her loosened gold. --Lowell.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Lustring Lus"tring, n. [F. lustrine, It. lustrino, fr. lustrare to polish, L. lustrare. See 3d Luster, and cf. Lutestring.] A kind of glossy silk fabric. See Lutestring.