Definitions for oystering
oystering
oys·ter·ing
Spelling: [oi-ster-ing]
IPA: /ˈɔɪ stər ɪŋ/
Oystering is a 9 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 13 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.
You can make 628 anagrams from letters in oystering (eginorsty).
Definitions for oystering
noun
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veneering of furniture with matched flitches having a figure of concentric rings.
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flitches used on an oystered piece.
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any of several edible, marine, bivalve mollusks of the family Ostreidae, having an irregularly shaped shell, occurring on the bottom or adhering to rocks or other objects in shallow water.
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the oyster-shaped bit of dark meat in the front hollow of the side bone of a fowl.
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Slang. a closemouthed or uncommunicative person, especially one who keeps secrets well.
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something from which a person may extract or derive advantage:
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oyster white.
verb (used without object)
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to dredge for or otherwise take oysters.
Origin of oystering
First recorded in 1910-15; oyster + -ing1
Examples for oystering
In order to meet this demand he commonly resorted to oystering.
There are few negro families of which some member does not spend part of the year fishing or oystering.
It makes no difference to him at what hour he returns,—from oystering or from the cranberry-bog.
Dredging is a much faster and less laborious method of oystering than tonging, and can be carried on over a much larger territory.
It was the most popular boat used in the colony for collecting corn from the Indians, fishing, oystering, and exploring.