leister
(noun) a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Leister (plural Leisters)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Leister is the 10800th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2952 individuals. Leister is most common among White (95.6%) individuals.
• reliest, retiles, sterile, treiles
leister (plural leisters)
(fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. [from 16th c.]
Synonym: waster (Scotland, obsolete)
• gig
leister (third-person singular simple present leisters, present participle leistering, simple past and past participle leistered)
(transitive) To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.
• reliest, retiles, sterile, treiles
Source: Wiktionary
Leis"ter, Lis"ter, n.
Definition: A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
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