Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pilgrim's staff.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete A pilgrim's staff.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete A
pilgrim 'sstaff .
Etymologies
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Dutch palsterstaf.
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I was having trouble getting into Jonathan Strange and Mr. Niorrel until I got to the line about painting palster to look like wood, and painting wood to look like other types of wood, and I was hooked.
Voice Of The Fans: What Books Have You Stopped Reading? 2010
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