list

Definitions

1. 1.To desire or choose; to please. The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii.
2. 2.Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker. Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift.
3. 3.(Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.
4. 4.Inclination; desire. [Obs.] Chaucer.
5. 5.(Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.
6. 6.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.
7. 7.A limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. Shak.
8. 8.The lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] Chaucer.
9. 9.A stripe. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
10. 10.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.
11. 11.(Arch.) A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel.
12. 12.(Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
13. 13.(Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.
14. 14.(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. Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers. More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household. Free list. (a) A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment, or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost. -- List, Boll, Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. Alist 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.
15. 15.To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton.
16. 16.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.
17. 17.To enroll; to place or register in a list. Listed among the upper serving men. Milton.
18. 18.To engage, as a soldier; to enlist. I will list you for my soldier. Sir W. Scott.
19. 19.(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.
20. 20.To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to desire or choose; to please. The wind bloweth where it listeth. John iii called?
• What is them that add to the Word of God what them listeth. Hooker. Let other men think of your devices as they list. Whitgift called?
• What is to lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port called?
• What is an inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a limit or boundary; a border. The very list, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. Shak called?
• What is the lobe of the ear; the ear itself. [Obs.] Chaucer called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a little square molding; a fillet; -- called also listel called?
• What is a narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board called?
• What is a piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman called?
• What is to sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border. Sir H. Wotton called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to enroll; to place or register in a list. Listed among the upper serving men. Milton called?
• What is to engage, as a soldier; to enlist. I will list you for my soldier. Sir W. Scott called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is to engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist called?