| List (list) |
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| n. | (l***ibreve]st) |
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| List |
| [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.
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To inclose for combat;
as, to list a field.
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To hearken; to attend; to listen.
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To desire or choose; to
please.
To lean; to incline; as,
the ship lists to port.
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Inclination; desire.
An inclination to one side;
as, the ship has a list to starboard.
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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.
A limit or boundary; a border.
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
A stripe.
A roll or catalogue, that is, a row or
line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles;
a list of ratable estate.
A little square molding; a
fillet; -- called also listel.
A narrow strip of wood,
esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
A piece of woolen
cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
The first thin coat of tin.
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| List (list) |
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| v. t. | (l***ibreve]st) |
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| List |
| [imp.
*** p. p. Listed] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Listing.] [From list a roll.] |
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of
colors, or form a border.
To cover with list, or with strips of
cloth] to put list on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if
with list.
To enroll; to place or register in a
list.
To engage, as a soldier; to
enlist.
To cut away a narrow strip,
as of sapwood, from the edge of; as, to list a
board.
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To engage in public
service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
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To plow and plant with a lister.
In cotton culture, to prepare, as land,
for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
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