Part 6573

<hw><hw>Lis"som</hw>, <hw>Lis"some</hw><hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[For <ets>lithesome</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Limber; supple; flexible; lithe; lithesome.</def>

<blockquote>Straight, but as <b>lissome</b> as a hazel wand. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Light; nimble; active.</def>

<i>Halliwell.</i>

-- <wordforms><wf>Lis"some*ness</wf>, <tt>n.</tt></wordforms>

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<hw>List</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>lice</ets>, LL. <ets>liciae</ets>, pl., from L. <ets>licium</ets> thread, girdle.]</ety> <def>A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (<i>lists</i>), the ground or field inclosed for a race or combat.</def>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<blockquote>In measured <b>lists</b> to toss the weighty lance. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>To enter the lists</col>, <cd>to accept a challenge, or engage in contest.</cd></cs>

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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To inclose for combat; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a field</as>.</def>

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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Listen</er>.]</ety> <def>To hearken; to attend; to listen. <mark>[Obs. except in poetry.]</mark>

<blockquote>Stand close, and <b>list</b> to him. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To listen or hearken to.</def>

<blockquote>Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with too credent ear you <b>list</b> his songs. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>listen</ets>, <ets>lusten</ets>, AS. <ets>lystan</ets>, from <ets>lust</ets> pleasure. See Lust.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To desire or choose; to please.</def>

<blockquote>The wind bloweth where it <b>listeth</b>. <i>John iii. 8.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Them that add to the Word of God what them <b>listeth</b>. <i>Hooker.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Let other men think of your devices as they <b>list</b>. <i>Whitgift.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To lean; to incline; <as>as, the ship <ex>lists</ex> to port</as>.</def>

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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Inclination; desire.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>An inclination to one side; <as>as, the ship has a <ex>list</ex> to starboard</as>.</def>