oystre

== English == === Noun === oystre (plural oystres) (rare) Obsolete form of oyster. 1585, Thomas Harriot, quoted in Steve Nicholls, Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery, University of Chicago Press →ISBN, page 73 Oystres, some very great and some small, some round and some of a long shape . 1626, Sir Edward Dering, quoted in "Bill of Fare of 1626", Notes and Queries (14 December 1815), page 99 pickled oystres a barrell ... 1s. 6d. === Anagrams === Oyster, Storey, Troyes, oyster, storey, toyers, tyroes == Middle English == === Alternative forms === ostre, ostree, oistre, oystur, oystere, ostyr, oister, oyestere === Etymology === From three separate sources: Old English oster, Anglo-Norman oistre, and Latin ostrea, which the other two are ultimately from. The Latin is from Ancient Greek ὄστρεον (óstreon). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔi̯stər/, /ˈɔi̯strə/, /ˈɔstər/, /ˈɔstreː(ə)/ === Noun === oystre (plural oystres or oystryn) An oyster or a similar shellfish. ==== Descendants ==== English: oyster Scots: oyster, eyster ==== References ==== “oistre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 30 September 2018.