oister

English

Noun

oister (plural oisters)

1. Obsolete spelling of oyster.
   • 1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “IX. Century.”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], 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

• storie, triose, Storie, tiroes, sortie, tories, œstri, Sortie, oestri, roesti, restio, Tories

Middle English

Noun

oister

1. Alternative form of oystre