[syn: lister, lister plow, lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), n.
One who makes a list or roll.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
Same as Leister.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856):
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.