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Lister   /lˈɪstər/   Listen
Lister

noun
1.
English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912).  Synonyms: Baron Lister, Joseph 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.  Synonyms: lister plough, lister plow, middle buster, middlebreaker.



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... convention in Washington from Mrs. Florence Fenwick Miller, suffrage leader in Great Britain—Delegates appointed to International Alliance meeting in Berlin—Mrs. Catt's president's address on an Educational Requirement for the Suffrage—Address of Mrs. Watson Lister of Australia—Charlotte Perkins Gilman's biological plea for woman suffrage—Report from new headquarters—Addresses on Women and Philanthropy by the Rev. Anna Garlin Spencer and Dr. Samuel J. Barrows—Mrs. Mead on Peace ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V • Ida Husted Harper

... Barrington;— "In tricks to raise the wind his life was spent, "And now the wind returns the compliment. "This lady here, the Earl of —-'s sister, "Is a dead novelist; and this is Mister— "Beg pardon—Honorable Mister Lister, "A gentleman who some weeks since came over "In a smart puff (wind S. S. E.) to Dover. "Yonder behind us limps young Vivian Grey, "Whose life, poor youth, was long since blown away— "Like a torn paper-kite on which the wind "No further purchase ...
— The Complete Poems of Sir Thomas Moore • Thomas Moore et al

... list of persons now privileged to wear these collars, I beg to add her Majesty's serjeant trumpeter, Thomas Lister Parker, Esq., to whom a silver collar of SS. has been granted. It is always worn by him or ...
— Notes and Queries, Number 48, Saturday, September 28, 1850 • Various

... human body as visible, in a way, as the exterior, appears certainly to be a greater blessing to humanity than even the Listerian antiseptic system of surgery; and its benefits must inevitably be greater than those conferred by Lister, great as the latter have been. Already, in the few weeks since Roentgen's announcement, the results of surgical operations under the new system are growing voluminous. In Berlin, not only new bone fractures are being immediately photographed, but joined ...
— McClure's Magazine, Vol. 6, No. 5, April, 1896 • Various

... our plan seems the best, though it does not offer adequate encouragement to discovery and research. We do not appreciate how much we owe to the discoveries of such men as Hunter and Jenner, Simpson and Lister. And yet in the matter of health we can generally do more for ourselves than the greatest ...
— The Pleasures of Life • Sir John Lubbock


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