lister

A sort of three-pronged harpoon used in the salmon fisheries; also, a light spear for killing fish in general.

Lister
·noun One who makes a list or roll. II. Lister ·noun ·same·as <<Leister>>. III. Lister ·noun A spe...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
lister
One who makes a list or roll.--Webster. This word is used in Connecticut, and is applied to those wh...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Lister, Thomas Henry
(1800-1842) Novelist, ed. at Westminster and Camb., was latterly the first Registrar-General for En...

Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin