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Used for spearing fish (especially salmon)
Answer for the clue "Used for spearing fish (especially salmon) ", 7 letters:
leister
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Word definitions for leister in dictionaries
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
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.
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.