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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), noun A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [Scotland]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), noun One who makes a list or roll.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lister \Lis"ter\ (l[i^]s"t[~e]r), noun Same as {Leister}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lister \List"er\ (l[i^]st"[~e]r), noun [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. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
Lister
noun
1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912) [syn: {Joseph Lister}, {Baron Lister}]
2: assessor who makes out the tax lists
3: moldboard 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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