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LEISTER

\lˈa͡ɪstə], \lˈa‍ɪstə], \l_ˈaɪ_s_t_ə]\

Definitions of LEISTER

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2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)

2006 - WordNet 3.0
By Princeton University

a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)

2011 - English Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Alt. of Lister

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

Alt. of Lister

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

l[=e]s't[.e]r, n. (Scot.) a salmon-spear. [Cf. Ice. ljÃ³str; Dan. lyster, a salmon-spear.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Pronged salmonspear; (vb) spear with this. [old Norse]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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