Leister

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A three-pronged spear used in fishing.
  • v. To spear (a fish) with a leister.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. a spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A barbed spear having three or more prongs, for striking and taking fish; a salmon-spear. Also called waster.
  • To strike or take with a leister.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
    • Equivalent
    lister   
    Verb Form
    leistered    leistering    leisters   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    fishgig    spear    lance    fizgig    gig   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dniester    Easter    easter    feaster    teaster   
     
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