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<hw>List</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>l\'c6st</ets> a list of cloth; akin to D. <ets>lijst</ets>, G. <ets>leiste</ets>, OHG. <ets>l\'c6sta</ets>,Icel. <ets>lista</ets>, <ets>listi</ets>, Sw. <ets>list</ets>, Dan. <ets>liste</ets>. In sense 5 from F. <ets>liste</ets>, of German origin, and thus ultimately the same word.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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.</def> " Gartered with a red and blue <i>list</i>. "

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<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A limit or boundary; a border.</def>

<blockquote>The very <b>list</b>, the very utmost bound, Of all our fortunes. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A stripe.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Sir T. Browne.</i>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A roll or catalogue, that is row or line; a record of names; <as>as, a <ex>list</ex> of names, books, articles; a <ex>list</ex> of ratable estate.</as></def>

<blockquote>He was the ablest emperor of all the <b>list</b>. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A little square molding; a fillet; -- called also <altname>listel</altname>.</def>

<p><b>7.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.</def>

<p><b>8.</b> <fld>(Rope Making)</fld> <def>A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.</def>

<p><b>9.</b> <fld>(Tin-plate Manuf.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The first thin coat of tin.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A wirelike rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.</def>

<cs><col>Civil list</col> (<mark>Great Britain & U.S.</mark>), <cd>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 <i>civil list</i>, in England, embraces only the expenses of the reigning monarch's household.</cd> <col>Free list</col></mcol>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A list of articles admitted to a country free of duty</cd>. <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>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.</cd></cs>

<syn>Syn. -- Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule.</syn> <usage> -- <er>List</er>, <er>Boll</er>, <er>Catalogue</er>, <er>Register</er>, <er>Inventory</er>, <er>Schedule</er>. A<i>list</i> 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 <i>roll</i> was originally a list containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as Parliament, etc.), which was <i>rolled</i> up and laid aside among its archives. A <i>catalogue</i> is a list of persons or things arranged in order, and usually containing some description of the same, more or less extended. A <i>register</i> is designed for record or preservation. An <i>inventory</i> 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 <i>schedule</i> is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business purposes.</usage>

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<hw>List</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Listed</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Listing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[From <ets>list</ets> a roll.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.</def>

<i>Sir H. Wotton.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a door</as>; to stripe as if with list.</def>

<blockquote>The tree that stood white-<b>listed</b> through the gloom. <i>Tennyson.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To enroll; to place or register in a list.</def>

<blockquote><b>Listed</b> among the upper serving men. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.</def>

<blockquote>I will <b>list</b> you for my soldier. <i>Sir W. Scott.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Carp.)</fld> <def>To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of; <as>as, to <ex>list</ex> a board</as>.</def>