Leister

/ˈliːstə/

Synonyms for "leister" (6 found)

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Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)
eel fishereel spear

Strong matches (1)

Noun(1 words)

Related words (3)

Noun(3 words)
fisherfishing spearpronged spear

Related word relations

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More general

9 entries
fisherfishgigfishing gearfizgiggiglanceoccupational rolespeartool

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3 entries
eelerthree pronged leistertwo pronged leister

Collocations

6 entries
eel catching tooleel fishingeel spearfishing spearlong leistertwo pronged leister

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries
eel fishereel fishing tool

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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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.

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Rob Runchy, as a forlorn hope, once threw his clodding leister at a drowning man floating down the Yarrow in a high flood, and hauled him out with the lyams unharmed.

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Andy, who had been a moment behind getting his leister out of the fish he had killed, came up, and both he and Jock made several random strokes, when Jock, in his eagerness, slipped his foot, and fell headforemost into the water, the leister flying from his hand just as I caught sight of the fish they were after, lying close in to the bank; […]

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Old Sandy fished down the river, but he could kill no more salmon that night, […] He missed one; wounded another on the tail; and struck a third on the rigback, where no leister can pierce a fish, till he made him spring above water.

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