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Webster 1913 Edition

List

List

(lĭst)
,
Noun.
[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.
Chaucer.
In measured
lists
to toss the weighty lance.
Pope.
To enter the lists
,
to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.

List

,
Verb.
T.
To inclose for combat;
as, to
list
a field
.

List

,
Verb.
I.
[See
Listen
.]
To hearken; to attend; to listen.
[Obs. except in poetry.]
Stand close, and
list
to him.
Shakespeare

List

,
Verb.
T.
To listen or hearken to.
Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain,
If with too credent ear you
list
his songs.
Shakespeare

List

,
Verb.
I.
[OE.
listen
,
lusten
, AS.
lystan
, from
lust
pleasure. See
Lust
.]
1.
To desire or choose; to please.
The wind bloweth where it
listeth
.
John iii. 8.
Them that add to the Word of God what them
listeth
.
Hooker.
Let other men think of your devices as they
list
.
Whitgift.
2.
(Naut.)
To lean; to incline;
as, the ship
lists
to port
.

List

,
Noun.
1.
Inclination; desire.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
2.
(Naut.)
An inclination to one side;
as, the ship has a
list
to starboard
.

List

,
Noun.
[AS.
līst
a list of cloth; akin to D.
lijst
, G.
leiste
, OHG.
līsta
, Icel.
lista
,
listi
, Sw.
list
, Dan.
liste
. In sense 5 from F.
liste
, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]
1.
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.
“Gartered with a red and blue list.”
Shak.
2.
A limit or boundary; a border.
The very
list
, the very utmost bound,
Of all our fortunes.
Shakespeare
3.
The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
4.
A stripe.
[Obs.]
Sir T. Browne.
5.
A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names;
as, a
list
of names, books, articles; a
list
of ratable estate.
He was the ablest emperor of all the
list
.
Bacon.
6.
(Arch.)
A little square molding; a fillet; – called also
listel
.
7.
(Carp.)
A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
8.
(Rope Making)
A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
9.
(Tin-plate Manuf.)
(a)
The first thin coat of tin.
(b)
A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
Syn. – Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.
–
List
,
Roll
,
Catalogue
,
Register
,
Inventory
,
Schedule
. A list is properly a simple series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.

List

(lĭst)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Listed
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Listing
.]
[From
list
a roll.]
1.
To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.
Sir H. Wotton.
2.
To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on;
as, to
list
a door
; to stripe as if with list.
The tree that stood white-
listed
through the gloom.
Tennyson.
3.
To enroll; to place or register in a list.
Listed
among the upper serving men.
Milton.
4.
To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.
I will
list
you for my soldier.
Sir W. Scott.
5.
(Carp.)
To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of;
as, to
list
a board
.
To list a stock
(Stock Exchange)
,
to put it in the list of stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List

,
Verb.
I.
To engage in public service by enrolling one’s name; to enlist.

Webster 1828 Edition

List

LIST

,
Noun.
[L. licium.]
1.
In commerce, the border, edge or selvage of cloth; a strip of cloth forming the border, particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it.
2.
A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. Hence, to enter the lists, is to accept a challenge or engage in contest. Hence,
3.
A limit or boundary; a border.
4.
In architecture, a little square molding; a fillet; called also a listel.
5.
A roll or catalogue, that is, a row or line; as a list of names; a list of books; a list of articles; a list of ratable estate.
6.
A strip of cloth; a fillet.
Civil list, in Great Britain and the United States, the civil officers of government, as judges, embassadors, secretaries, &c. Hence it is used for the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers.

LIST

,
Verb.
T.
[from list, a roll.]
1.
To enroll; to register in a list or catalogue; to enlist. The latter is the more elegant word. Hence,
2.
To engage in the public service, as soldiers.
They in my name are listed.
3.
To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.
4.
To sew together, as strips of cloth; or to form a border.
5.
To cover with a list, or with strips of cloth; as, to list a door.
6.
To hearken; to attend; a contraction of listen, which see.

LIST

,
Verb.
I.
To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist. [The latter is the more elegant word. See Enlist.]

LIST

,
Verb.
I.
[See the noun.]
Properly, to lean or incline; to be propense; hence, to desire or choose.
Let other men think of your devices as they list.
The wind bloweth where it listeth. John 3.

LIST

,
Noun.
In the language of seamen, an inclination to one side. The ship has a list to port.

Definition 2024

līst

līst

See also: list and List

Latvian

Verb

līst ?? missing information., 1st conj., pres. lienu, lien, lien, past līdu

  1. to creep
  2. to crawl
  3. to sneak

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • līst virsū
  • līst priekšā
  • līst uz vēdera
  • līst kādam acīs
  • līst vai no ādas ārā

Verb

līst ?? missing information., 1st conj., pres. lienu, lien, lien, past līdu

  1. to clear woodland for tillage
  2. to make a clearance

Conjugation

Derived terms

  • līst līdumu

Verb

līst

  1. 3rd person singular present indicative form of līt
  2. 3rd person plural present indicative form of līt
  3. (with the particle lai) 3rd person singular imperative form of līt
  4. (with the particle lai) 3rd person plural imperative form of līt

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