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lister
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lister
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun lister has 3 senses
- lister(n = noun.person) baron lister, joseph lister - English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912); Array is a kind of operating surgeon, sawbones, surgeon
- lister(n = noun.person) Array - assessor who makes out the tax lists; Array is a kind of assessor, tax assessor
- lister(n = noun.artifact) lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker - moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow; Array is a kind of moldboard plow, mouldboard plough
Derived forms verb list1, verb list2
CIDE DICTIONARY
lister, n.
A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [1913 Webster]
lister, n.
One who makes a list or roll. [1913 Webster]
lister, n.
Same as Leister. [1913 Webster]
lister, 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.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
lister, n. US a plough with a double mould-board.
Etymology
list prepare land for a crop + -ER(1)
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