Definition of Klister

1. Noun. (skiing) A soft wax used on skis especially for corn snow or crust. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Klister

1. a wax for skis [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Klister

klinotaxis
klipdachs
klipdas
klipdases
klipfish
klipfishes
klippel-feil syndrome
klippot
klipspringer
klipspringers
klismaphiles
klismoi
klismos
klister (current term)
klisters
klockmannite
kloncilium
klondike
klondiked
klondikes
klondyke
klondyked
klondykes
klong
klongs
klonklave
klonklaves
klonvocation

Literary usage of Klister

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
""The case was much canvassed in the Army," says poor klister; " it was the topic in every tent among Officers and common Men. And among us Army-Chaplains ..."

2. The Practitioner by Gale Group, ProQuest Information and Learning Company (1890)
"Add to this the observation of klister that phenol, and therefore salol, is especially toxic to anaemic or febrile patients of the female sex, and the death ..."

3. The Determination of Hydrogen Ions: An Elementary Treatise on the Hydrogen by William Mansfield Clark (1920)
"Compare klister and Grüters (1903) and Kolthoff (1920). The elementary principles of conductivity measurements will be found in any standard text of ..."

4. The Map of Europe by Treaty: Showing the Various Political and Territorial by Edward Hertslet (1875)
"... His Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to His Imperial and Royal Apostolic Majesty, &c.; And the Sieur Jean Emanuel de klister, ..."

5. History of Friedrich the Second: Called Frederick the Great by Thomas Carlyle (1885)
"... to the best advantage for their double object, of covering Breslau and Neisse both. Kappel loquitur; abridged by klister, whom we abridge : "Monday ..."

6. The Elements of Physical Chemistry by Harry Clary Jones (1902)
"The second investigation' of klister aims at a solution of the problem of the molecular weight of a pure substance when in the solid solution. ..."

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