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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]
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Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), n.
One who makes a list or roll.
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Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Same as Leister.
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Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), 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.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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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, {lister
plow}, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster]
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lister [listər]
Auflister

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LISTERS. This word is used in some of the states to designate the persons
appointed to make lists of taxables. See Verm. Rev. Stat. 538.


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