oister
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editoister (plural oisters)
- Obsolete spelling of oyster.
- 1631, Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 3rd edition, London: […] William Rawley; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC:
- Nevertheless it is certain, that oisters, and cockles, and mussels, which move not, have no discriminate sex
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editoister
- Alternative form of oystre