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1. WordNet® 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]

2. 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]

3. 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.]

4. 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]

5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
   Same as Leister.
   [1913 Webster]

6. 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.

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