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leistered

leistered is the simple past and past participle of leister.

Meaning of leister

Verb

leister (third-person singular simple present leisters, present participle leistering, simple past and past participle leistered)

  1. (transitive) To catch or spear (fish) with a leister.
    • We once knew a notorious salmon poacher, who, on one of his excursions, saw a pair of salmon spawning in a stream. He leistered the male from the side of the female, and as soon as she missed her partner, she retired from the spawning-bed into the pool below the ford, and very soon returned with...1848, Andrew Young, The Natural History & Habits of the Salmon, […], Wick, Caithness: Published by Peter Reid. …, →OCLC, page 17

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Questions about leistered

What is leistered the simple past and past participle of?
Leistered is the simple past and past participle of leister.

Words near leistered in the dictionary

  1. Leisler's bat
  2. Leisler's bats
  3. Leissigen
  4. Leist
  5. leister
  6. leistered
  7. leisterer
  8. leisterers
  9. leistering
  10. leisters
  11. Leiston

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