oister

English

Noun

oister (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

Anagrams

Sortie, Storie, Tories, restio, sortie, storie, tiroes, tories, triose, œstri

Middle English

Noun

oister

Alternative form of oystre

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