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prettygoodwordleister (LEE-ster) - n., a three-pronged fishing spear.
With barbs on the prongs -- either all three or just the two flanking prongs. A common fishing tool since the stone ages, still in use in places. The name dates to at least 1534, probably of Scandinavian origin -- as in Old Norse ljōstr, salmon-spear, akin to ljōsta, to strike, which has cognates in modern Norse-descended languages.
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---L.
With barbs on the prongs -- either all three or just the two flanking prongs. A common fishing tool since the stone ages, still in use in places. The name dates to at least 1534, probably of Scandinavian origin -- as in Old Norse ljōstr, salmon-spear, akin to ljōsta, to strike, which has cognates in modern Norse-descended languages.
Thanks, WikiMedia!
---L.
