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单词 palster
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palstern.

Origin: A borrowing from Dutch. Etymon: Dutch palster.
Etymology: < Middle Dutch palster, cognate with Old English palstr, palster, palester spike, point, prick; further etymology unknown.
Obsolete (archaic in later use).
A pilgrim's staff.
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the world > space > relative position > support > [noun] > that which supports > something to lean on > staff to lean on > pilgrim's staff
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1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 45 I desire of your grace that I may haue male and staff [Du. palster ende mael] blessyd as belongeth to a pilgrym... He shal goo on pylgremage, and gyue to hym male and staf [Du. mael ende staf]..He hynge on the foxes necke, a male couerd wyth the skynne of bruyn the bere, and a lytil palster [Du. een cleyn palsterkijn] therby.
1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) xxi. 466 To gyve me a newe sloppe and a large hode, a palster well yrende.
1894 F. S. Ellis Reynard the Fox 147 Then in his hand a sturdy palster He put.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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