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Definitions for Lister

[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.
[3] a person who makes or compiles a list, especially an appraiser or assessor.
[4] Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Re·gis [lahym ree -jis] /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/ , 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
[5] a border or bordering strip, usually of cloth.
[6] a selvage.
[7] selvages collectively.
[8] a strip of cloth or other material.
[9] a strip or band of any kind.
[10] a stripe of color.
[11] a division of the hair or beard.
[12] one of the ridges or furrows of earth made by a lister.
[13] a strip of material, as bark or sapwood, to be trimmed from a board.
[14] fillet(def 6a) .
[15] made of selvages or strips of cloth.
[16] to produce furrows and ridges on (land) with a lister.
[17] to prepare (ground) for planting by making ridges and furrows.
[18] to cut away a narrow strip of wood from the edge of (a stave, plank, etc.).
[19] Obsolete . to apply a border or edge to.
[20] US and Canadian agriculture a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrow Also called: lister plough , middlebreaker , middle buster
[21] Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827–1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics
[22] an item-by-item record of names or things, usually written or printed one under the other
[23] computing a linearly ordered data structure
[24] be on the danger list to be in a critical medical or physical condition
[25] (tr) to make a list of
[26] (tr) to include in a list
[27] (tr) British to declare to be a listed building
[28] (tr) stock exchange to obtain an official quotation for (a security) so that it may be traded on the recognized market
[29] an archaic word for enlist
[30] (esp of ships) to lean over or cause to lean over to one side
[31] the act or an instance of leaning to one side
[32] a border or edging strip, esp of cloth
[33] a less common word for selvage
[34] a strip of bark, sapwood, etc, trimmed from a board or plank
[35] another word for fillet (def. 8)
[36] a strip, band, ridge or furrow
[37] agriculture a ridge in ploughed land formed by throwing two furrows together
[38] to border with or as if with a list or lists
[39] agriculture to plough (land) so as to form lists
[40] to cut a list from (a board, plank, etc)
[41] to be pleasing to (a person)
[42] (tr) to desire or choose
[43] a liking or desire
[44] an archaic or poetic word for listen

Words nearby Lister

listen in, listen to reason, listenable, listenership, listening post, lister, lister bag, lister's method, listerellosis, listeria, listeriosis

Origin of Lister

2before 900; Middle English lista, Old English līst border; cognate with Dutch lijst, German Leiste (Old High German līsta )

Word origin for Lister

Old English hlystan; related to Old Norse hlusta