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Fishing spear
Answer for the clue "Fishing spear ", 7 letters:
leister
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Word definitions for leister in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a spear with three or more prongs; used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. a spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish n. a spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish
Usage examples of leister.
Even if a "servant" this would seem to have been no bar, as Dotey and Leister were certainly such, yet signers.
It is evident that Dotey and Leister, the "servants" of Hopkins, were of English origin and accompanied their master from London.