Laster vs Caster - What's the difference?
laster | caster |
A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
A tool for stretching leather on a last.
That which lasts or endures.
* 1818 , Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (volume 2, page 51)
Someone or something that casts
A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of
* a wheel, which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal
* an axle
* a mounting provision, usually a stem, flange, or plate
* (sometimes) a swivel which allows the caster to rotate for steering
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
As nouns the difference between laster and caster
is that laster is while caster is someone or something that casts.laster
English
Noun
(en noun)- the Ambret; which Pear, though it neither grows to be so large in substance or size, as large Les Chasseries , yet bears more in number, comes sooner into bearing, tastes better in the mouth, and is commonly a long laster .
Anagrams
* ----caster
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Alternative forms
* castorNoun
(en noun)- a caster''' of spells; a '''caster of stones
- Many office chairs roll on a set of casters .
- a set of casters