leister
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leister¹
- /ˈliːstə/ UK
- /ˈlistɚ/ US
Rhymes with -iːstə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From earlier leyster, lister, perhaps via Middle English *lēster, *līster, from Old Norse ljóstr (“leister”), from ljósta (“to smite, strike; to hit, strike (with an arrow or spear)”), from Proto-Germanic *leustaną (“to hit, strike”), from Proto-Indo-European *lew-s- (“to loosen (by knocking)”); the word is cognate with Danish lyster (“fish spear, gig, leister”), Icelandic ljósta (“to hit, strike”), Norwegian Bokmål lyster (dialectal Norwegian lioster), Swedish ljuster.
noun leisters · lister
-
A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon.
The methods of catching the ſalmon in this pariſh are ſimilar to thoſe deſcribed in the ſtatiſtical account of Dornock, p. 15. excepting that there is no raiſe-net fiſhing, and that the leiſter is only about 10 or 12 feet long, conſequently better calculated for throwing to any diſtance.
Similar: waster
verb leisters · leistering · leistered
- To catch or spear (fish) with a leister. We once knew a notorious salmon poacher, who, on one of his excursions, saw a pair of salmon spawning in a stream. He leistered the male from the side of the female, and as soon as she missed her partner, she retired from the spawning-bed into the pool below the ford, and very soon returned with ano
Leister²
proper noun Leisters
- A surname.
Translations
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noun spear with barbed prongs for catching fish
| Deutsch | Fischspeer |
|---|---|
| Русский | острога́ ostrogá |
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