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list⋅er

1  [lis-ter]
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–noun
1. Also called lister plow. a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
2. Also called lister planter, lister drill. a lister plow fitted with attachments for dropping and covering seeds.
Origin:
1885–90, Americanism; list 2 + -er 1
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list⋅er

2  [lis-ter]
–noun
a person who makes or compiles a list, esp. an appraiser or assessor.
Origin:
1670–80; list 1 + -er 1

Lis⋅ter

  [lis-ter]
–noun
Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Re⋅gis  [lahym ree-jis] , 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.

list

2  [list]
–noun
1. a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
2. a selvage.
3. selvages collectively.
4. a strip of cloth or other material.
5. a strip or band of any kind.
6. a stripe of color.
7. a division of the hair or beard.
8. one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister.
9. a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board.
10. fillet (def. 6a).
–adjective
11. made of selvages or strips of cloth.
–verb (used with object)
12. to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister.
13. to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows.
14. to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.).
15. Obsolete. to apply a border or edge to.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME lista, OE līst border; c. D lijst, G Leiste (OHG līsta)
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list 1   (lĭst)   
n.  

  1. A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other: a shopping list; a guest list; a list of things to do.

  2. A considerable number; a long series: recited a list of dates memorized.

v.   list·ed, list·ing, lists

v.   tr.

  1. To make a list of; itemize: listed his previous jobs.

  2. To enter in a list; register: listed each item received.

  3. To put (oneself) in a specific category: lists herself as an artist.

  4. Archaic To recruit.

v.   intr.

  1. To have a stated list price: a radio that lists for ten dollars over the sale price.

  2. Archaic To enlist in the armed forces.


[French liste, from Old French, from Old Italian lista, of Germanic origin.]
list'er n.
list·er   (lĭs'tər)   
n.  A plow equipped with a double moldboard that turns up the soil on each side of the furrow, often having an attached drill for seed planting.

[From list2.]
Lis·ter   (lĭs'tər)   
British surgeon. He demonstrated in 1865 that carbolic acid was an effective antiseptic agent, decreasing postoperative fatalities from infection.
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Word Origin & History

list  (v.2)
"hear, hearken," now poetic or obsolete, from O.E. hlystan "hear, hearken," from hlyst "hearing," from P.Gmc. *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- "to hear" (see listen).
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Financial Dictionary

list

To admit a security for trading on an organized exchange. In order to be listed, the security and the issuer must meet certain minimal standards established by the exchange. These standards may relate to assets, earnings, market value, and stock voting rights. Compare delist. See also Form S-1.

Wall Street Words: An A to Z Guide to Investment Terms by David L. Scott.
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Legal Dictionary

Main Entry: list
Function: noun
: CALENDAR
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

Lister Lis·ter (lĭs'tər), Joseph. First Baron Lister.

British surgeon who demonstrated in 1865 that carbolic acid was an effective antiseptic agent and introduced it to the surgical process.

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Science Dictionary
Lister   (lĭs'tər)  Pronunciation Key 
British surgeon who, influenced by Pasteur's germ theory of disease, established in 1865 a system of antiseptic measures in hospitals to combat infections. His practices dramatically decreased the number by deaths caused by infection and were gradually adopted in hospitals throughout Europe.
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