list

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

   • “Listen! I see it all — down, down even to the stays! Such stays! Six-eight a pair, Polly, with red flannel — or list is it? — that they put into the tops of those fearful things. I can draw you a picture of them.”
   • Why should we not send a message out over London which would attract to us anyone who might still be alive? I ran across, and pulling at the list-covered rope, I was surprised to find how difficult it was to swing the bell.
2. 2

   Material used for cloth selvage.

3. 3

   A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of…

   A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

   • "Scrooge and Marley's, I believe," said one of the gentlemen, referring to his list. "Have I the pleasure of addressing Mr. Scrooge, or Mr. Marley?"
   • Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. […] Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism. Dr Yoshimoto and his colleagues would like to add liver cancer to that list.
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   1. 4

      The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.

      • On pain of death, no person be so bold Or daring-hardy as to touch the lists, Except the marshal and such officers Appointed to direct these fair designs.
      • With Truncheon tip'd with Iron head, / The Warrior to the Lists [he] led; […]
      • Ariſe, O Father of the Trojan State! / The Nations call, thy joyful People wait, / To ſeal the Truce and end the dire Debate. / Paris thy Son, and Sparta’s King advance, / In meaſur’d Liſts to toſs the weighty Lance; […]
   2. 5

      The scene of a military contest

      The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.

   3. 6

      A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing

      A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.

   4. 7

      A little square moulding

      A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.

      • STRIÆ, in ancient architecture, the liſts, fillets or rays which ſeparate the ſtriges or flutings of columns.
   5. 8

      A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.

   6. 9

      A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.

   7. 10

      The first thin coating of tin

      The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

   8. 11

      A stripe.

   9. 12

      A boundary or limit

      A boundary or limit; a border.

      • [W]ere it good / […] to ſet ſo rich a maine / On the nice hazard of one doubtfull houre? / It were not good for therein ſhould we read / The very bottome and the ſoule of hope, / The very liſt, the very vtmost bound / Of all our fortunes.
   10. 13

       To create or recite a list.

   11. 14

       To place in listings.

   12. 15

       To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.

   13. 16

       To cover with list, or with strips of cloth

       To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.

       • to list a door
       • He raised his eyes and saw / The tree that shone white-listed thro' the gloom.
   14. 17

       To plough and plant with a lister.

   15. 18

       To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.

   16. 19

       To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.

       • to list a board
   17. 20

       To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.

   18. 21

       To engage a soldier, etc.

       To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.

       • "I have a gun, madam," said little Julian, "and the park-keeper is to teach me how to fire it next year." / "I will list you for my soldier, then," said the Countess.
   19. 22

       To engage in public service by enrolling one's name

       To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

   20. 23

       To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status

       To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.

       • A century later, BR demolished the downside main buildings, so the eastbound and central platforms were promptly listed - which has ensured their survival, albeit increasingly neglected in recent years. This has now been rectified, [...].
   21. 24

       To trade on a particular stock exchange.

   22. 25

       Art

       Art; craft; cunning; skill.

       • In discussing the Syllabus and the last dogma of 1870, so much must be allowed for Italian list and cunning, or a word-fence. An Englishman, with his matter-of-fact way of putting things, is no match for these gentry.
       • Sophos, fab[le] 40. "The foxes had heard that the fowls were sick, and went to see them decked in peacock's feathers; said of men who speak friendly, but only with list or cunning within."
       • For when the guileful monster smiled / Snakes left their holes and hissed,— / And stroking soft his silken beard / Raised creatures full of list.
   23. 26

       To listen.

       • 2 [Soldier] Peace, what noiſe? / 1 [Soldier] Liſt liſt. / 2 Hearke. / 1 Music i' th' Ayre.
       • We list to the trumpings that herald the storm, / To the roll of the drum, and the order to form!
       • Be of good cheer, and list to what I speak.
   24. 27

       To listen to.

       • Then way what loſſe your honor may ſuſtaine / If with too credent eare you liſt his ſongs / Or looſe your hart, or your chaſt treaſure open / To his vnmaſtred importunity.
   25. 28

       To desire, like, or wish (to do something).

       • who liſt to lyue yn quyetnes by me lett hym beware For I by highe dyſdayne ame made withoute redreſſe and vnkyndenes Alas hathe ſlayne my poore trew hart all comfortles
       • If thou beeſt a man, ſhew thy ſelfe in thy likeneſs. If thou beeſt a diuell, take't as thou liſt.
       • The winde bloweth where it liſteth, and thou heareſt the ſound thereof, but canſt not tel whence it commeth, and whither it goeth: So is euery one that is borne of the Spirit.
   26. 29

       To be pleasing to.

       • Might then I depart, and dwell as listeth me, out of all the world?
   27. 30

       Desire, inclination.

       • I know too much: / I finde it, I; for when I ha liſt to ſleepe, / Mary, before your Ladiſhip I grant, / She puts her tongue alittle in her heart, / And chides with thinking.
   28. 31

       A tilt to a building.

   29. 32

       A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own…

       A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.

   30. 33

       To cause (something) to tilt to one side.

       • the steady wind listed the ship
   31. 34

       To tilt to one side.

       • the ship listed to port
       • Even a small camber one way caused the whole outfit to list alarmingly.
   32. 35

       A surname.

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