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.