Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Lister"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
[Scotland]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lister \List"er\, n.
One who makes a list or roll.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lister \Lis"ter\, n.
Same as {Leister}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Lister \List"er\, n. [Cf. {List} a strip, border, prob. applied
to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow.]
A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at
the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the
furrow.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Lister
n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
(1827-1912) [syn: {Lister}, {Joseph Lister}, {Baron
Lister}]
2: assessor who makes out the tax lists
3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt
to either side of a central furrow [syn: {lister plow}, {lister
plough}, {middlebreaker}, {middle buster}]
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