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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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] From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lister \List"er\, n. One who makes a list or roll. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lister \Lis"ter\, n. Same as {Leister}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lister \List"er\, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: Lister n 1: 1827-1912 [syn: {Lister}, {Joseph Lister}] 2: a plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt to either side of a central furrow [syn: {lister plow}, {lister plough}, {middlebreaker}, {middle buster}]
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