lister

lister 1[lis-ter] ExamplesWord Origin noun

1. Also called lister plow middlebreaker, middlebuster. 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 of lister 1An Americanism dating back to 1885–90; list2 + -er1 lister 2[lis-ter] noun

1. a person who makes or compiles a list, especially an appraiser or assessor.

Origin of lister 2First recorded in 1670–80; list1 + -er1 Lister [lis-ter] noun

1. Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Re·gis [lahym ree-jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/, 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 of list 2 before 900; Middle English lista, Old English līst border; cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste (Old High German līsta) Examples from the Web for lister Contemporary Examples of lister

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February 3, 2014

Historical Examples of lister

Humelbergius ignores him, Gryphius pirates him, Lister scorns him, we like him.

Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome

Apicius

Unfortunately he based his work upon that of Schuch and Wuestemann and Lister.

Cooking and Dining in Imperial Rome

Apicius

It is Craterium cylindricum of Massee’s monograph, according to Lister.

The Myxomycetes of the Miami Valley, Ohio

A. P. Morgan

To my mother’s astonishment, when she reached the door Mrs. Lister was not visible.

Real Ghost Stories

William T. Stead

From his father Lister learned as a boy to delight in the use of the microscope.

Victorian Worthies

George Henry Blore

British Dictionary definitions for lister lister noun

1. US and Canadian agriculture a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrowAlso called: lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster

Word Origin for lister C19: from list ² Lister noun

1. Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827–1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics

list 1 noun

1. an item-by-item record of names or things, usually written or printed one under the other
2. computing a linearly ordered data structure
3. be on the danger list to be in a critical medical or physical condition

verb

4. (tr) to make a list of
5. (tr) to include in a list
6. (tr) British to declare to be a listed building
7. (tr) stock exchange to obtain an official quotation for (a security) so that it may be traded on the recognized market
8. an archaic word for enlist

Derived Formslistable, adjectiveWord Origin for list C17: from French, ultimately related to list ²; compare Italian lista list of names (earlier: border, strip, as of paper), Old High German līsta border list 2 verb

1. (esp of ships) to lean over or cause to lean over to one side

noun

2. the act or an instance of leaning to one side

Word Origin for list C17: origin unknown list 3 noun

1. a border or edging strip, esp of cloth
2. a less common word for selvage
3. a strip of bark, sapwood, etc, trimmed from a board or plank
4. another word for fillet (def. 8)
5. a strip, band, ridge or furrow
6. agriculture a ridge in ploughed land formed by throwing two furrows together

verb (tr)

7. to border with or as if with a list or lists
8. agriculture to plough (land) so as to form lists
9. to cut a list from (a board, plank, etc)

See also lists Word Origin for list Old English līst; related to Old High German līsta list 4 verb

1. to be pleasing to (a person)
2. (tr) to desire or choose

noun

3. a liking or desire

Word Origin for list Old English lystan; related to Old High German lusten and Gothic lūston to desire list 5 verb

1. an archaic or poetic word for listen

Word Origin for list Old English hlystan; related to Old Norse hlusta Word Origin and History for lister list n.1

“catalogue consisting of names in a row or series,” c.1600, from Middle English liste “border, edging, stripe” (late 13c.), from Old French liste “border, band, row, group,” also “strip of paper,” or from Old Italian lista “border, strip of paper, list,” both from a Germanic source (cf. Old High German lista “strip, border, list,” Old Norse lista “border, selvage,” Old English liste “border”), from Proto-Germanic *liston, from PIE *leizd- “border, band.” The sense of “enumeration” is from strips of paper used as a sort of catalogue.

list v.1

“tilt, lean,” especially of a ship, 1880, earlier (1620s) lust, of unknown origin, perhaps an unexplained spelling variant of Middle English lysten “to please, desire, wish, like” (see list (v.4)) with a sense development from the notion of “leaning” toward what one desires (cf. incline). Related: Listed; listing. The noun in this sense is from 1630s.

list v.2

“hear, hearken,” now poetic or obsolete, from Old English hlystan “hear, hearken,” from hlyst “hearing,” from Proto-Germanic *khlustiz, from PIE *kleu- “to hear” (see listen). Related: Listed; listing.

list v.3

“to put down in a list; to make a list of,” 1610s, from list (n.1). Meaning “to place real estate on the market” is from 1904. Attested from c.1300 as “put an edge around,” from list (n.2). Related: Listed; listing.

list v.4

“to be pleased, desire” (archaic), mid-12c., lusten, listen “to please, desire,” from Old English lystan “to please, cause pleasure or desire, provoke longing,” from Proto-Germanic *lustijan (cf. Old Saxon lustian, Dutch lusten “to like, fancy,” Old High German lusten, German lüsten, Old Norse lysta); from the root of lust (n.). Related: Listed; listing. As a noun, c.1200, from the verb. Somehow English has lost listy (adj.) “pleasant, willing (to do something); ready, quick” (mid-15c.).

list n.2

“a narrow strip,” Old English liste “border, hem, edge, strip,” from Proto-Germanic *liston (cf. Old High German lista “strip, border, list,” Old Norse lista “border, selvage,”German leiste), from PIE *leizd- “border, band” (see list (n.1)). The Germanic root also is the source of French liste, Italian lista. This was the source of archaic lists “place of combat,” originally at the boundary of fields.

lister in Medicine Lister [lĭs′tər]Joseph First Baron Lister. 1827-1912

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

lister in Science Lister [lĭs′tər]First Baron Title of Joseph Lister 1827-1912

1. 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.

Idioms and Phrases with lister list

see black list; enter the lists; sucker list.