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palster

English

Etymology

Dutch palsterstaf.

Noun

palster (plural palsters)

  1. (obsolete) A pilgrim's staff.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Halliwell to this entry?)

Anagrams

  • Alperts, Plaster, Platers, palters, persalt, plaster, plastre, platers, psalter, replats, stapler

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halster

English

Noun

halster (plural halsters)

  1. One who draws a barge alongside a river using a rope.

References

  • James Orchard Halliwell (1846) , “HALSTER”, in A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs, and Ancient Customs, from the Fourteenth Century. [...] In Two Volumes, volume I (A–I), London: John Russell Smith, [], OCLC 1008510154, page 430, column 2.
  • halster in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

  • Hartels, Hartles, Stahler, halters, harslet, lathers, slather, thalers

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