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List

List

(lĭst)
,
Noun.
[F.
lice
, LL.
liciae
, pl., from L.
licium
thread, girdle.]
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.
Chaucer.
In measured
lists
to toss the weighty lance.
Pope.
To enter the lists
,
to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

List

,
Verb.
T.
To inclose for combat;
as, to
list
a field
.

List

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Listen
.]
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
[Obs. except in poetry.]
Stand close, and
list
to him.
Shakespeare

List

,
Verb.
T.
To listen or hearken to.
Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,
If with too credent ear you
list
his songs.
Shakespeare

List

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
listen
,
lusten
, AS.
lystan
, from
lust
pleasure. See
Lust
.]
1.
To desire or choose; to please.
The wind bloweth where it
listeth
.
John iii. 8.
Them that add to the Word of God what them
listeth
.
Hooker.
Let other men think of your devices as they
list
.
Whitgift.
2.
(Naut.)
To lean; to incline;
as, the ship
lists
to port
.

List

,
Noun.
1.
Inclination; desire.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
(Naut.)
An inclination to one side;
as, the ship has a
list
to starboard
.

List

,
Noun.
[AS.
līst
a list of cloth; akin to D.
lijst
, G.
leiste
, OHG.
līsta
, Icel.
lista
,
listi
, Sw.
list
, Dan.
liste
. In sense 5 from F.
liste
, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]
1.
A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it; hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet.
“Gartered with a red and blue list.”
Shak.
2.
A limit or boundary; a border.
The very
list
, the very utmost bound,
Of all our fortunes.
Shakespeare
3.
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
A stripe.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
5.
A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names;
as, a
list
of names, books, articles; a
list
of ratable estate.
He was the ablest emperor of all the
list
.
Bacon.
6.
(Arch.)
A little square molding; a fillet; – called also
listel
.
7.
(Carp.)
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
8.
(Rope Making)
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
9.
(Tin-plate Manuf.)
(a)
The first thin coat of tin.
(b)
A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
Syn. – Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.
–
List
,
Roll
,
Catalogue
,
Register
,
Inventory
,
Schedule
. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

List

(lĭst)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Listed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Listing
.]
[From
list
a roll.]
1.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on;
as, to
list
a door
; to stripe as if with list.
The tree that stood white-
listed
through the gloom.
Tennyson.
3.
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
Listed
among the upper serving men.
Milton.
4.
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
I will
list
you for my soldier.
Sir W. Scott.
5.
(Carp.)
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of;
as, to
list
a board
.
To list a stock
(Stock Exchange)
,
to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List

,
Verb.
I.
To engage in public service by enrolling one’s name; to enlist.

Webster 1828 Edition

List

LIST

,
Noun.
[L. licium.]
1.
In commerce, the border, edge or selvage of cloth; a strip of cloth forming the border, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it.
2.
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Hence, to enter the lists, is to accept a challenge or engage in contest. Hence,
3.
A limit or boundary; a border.
4.
In architecture, a little square molding; a fillet; called also a listel.
5.
A roll or catalogue, that is, a row or line; as a list of names; a list of books; a list of articles; a list of ratable estate.
6.
A strip of cloth; a fillet.
Civil list, in Great Britain and the United States, the civil officers of government, as judges, embassadors, secretaries, &c. Hence it is used for the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers.

LIST

,
Verb.
T.
[from list, a roll.]
1.
To enroll; to register in a list or catalogue; to enlist. The latter is the more elegant word. Hence,
2.
To engage in the public service, as soldiers.
They in my name are listed.
3.
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
4.
To sew together, as strips of cloth; or to form a border.
5.
To cover with a list, or with strips of cloth; as, to list a door.
6.
To hearken; to attend; a contraction of listen, which see.

LIST

,
Verb.
I.
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist. [The latter is the more elegant word. See Enlist.]

LIST

,
Verb.
I.
[See the noun.]
Properly, to lean or incline; to be propense; hence, to desire or choose.
Let other men think of your devices as they list.
The wind bloweth where it listeth. John 3.

LIST

,
Noun.
In the language of seamen, an inclination to one side. The ship has a list to port.

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