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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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]


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.