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}]
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]
Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), n. One who makes a list or roll. [1913 Webster]
Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n. Same as {Leister}. [1913 Webster]
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.]
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.