Lister

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun One who makes a list or roll.

II. Lister ·noun ·same·as Leister.

III. Lister ·noun A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

IV. Lister ·add. ·noun A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow.

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