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leister definition

leis·ter (lēs′tər)

noun

a kind of fish spear, usually with three prongs

Etymology: < Scand, as in ON ljoster < ljosta, to strike < IE base *leu-, to cut off > Gr lyein, to loosen, dissolve

transitive verb

to spear (fish) with a leister

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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