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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LEISTER; LISTER

LEISTER; LISTER Leis "ter, Lis "ter, n.

 

Defn: A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland ]

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

leister

leis ter |ˈlēstər ˈlistər | ▶noun a pronged spear used for catching fish. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spear (a fish ) with a leister. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old Norse ljóstr, from ljósta ‘to strike. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

leister

leister |ˈliːstə | ▶noun a pronged spear used for catching salmon. ▶verb [ with obj. ] spear (a fish ) with a leister. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Old Norse ljóstr, from ljósta ‘to strike ’.