lister
1Also called lister plow middlebreaker, middlebuster . a plow with a double moldboard, used to prepare the ground for planting by producing furrows and ridges.
Also called lister planter, lister drill . a lister plow fitted with attachments for dropping and covering seeds.
Origin of lister
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Other definitions for lister (2 of 3)
a person who makes or compiles a list, especially an appraiser or assessor.
Origin of lister
2Other definitions for Lister (3 of 3)
Joseph, 1st Baron Lister of Lyme Re·gis [lahym ree-jis], /laɪm ˈri dʒɪs/, 1827–1912, English surgeon: founder of modern antiseptic surgery.
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How to use lister in a sentence
ROME — What does it take for a Hollywood A-lister to get a private audience with Pope Francis?
Pope Francis Has the Pleasure of Meeting Angelina Jolie for a Few Seconds | Barbie Latza Nadeau | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTOr consider the actor Orlando Jones, who is not exactly known as a Hollywood A-lister (though he was great in Drumline).
Miley Cyrus Embraces Activism Like a Stripper Pole and It's Fantastic | Sally Kohn | August 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShe has a hard time getting the self-absorbed, self-loathing D-lister to open up (in between booze binges).
'BoJack Horseman': The Debauched Tales of a Drunken, Groupie-Sexing D-List Horse, Hits Netflix | Marlow Stern | August 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“All of this is damaging to the Syrian revolution,” lister adds.
Cast in the leading female role, Khan will star alongside Bollywood A-lister, Sachiin Joshi.
Afghan Actress Gihana Khan Braves Bollywood | Sami Yousafzai, Ron Moreau | December 27, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
Dr. lister swung his foot rapidly; he anticipated with delight his journey to New York.
Basil Everman | Elsie SingmasterIn late August of the next year, Thomasina came slowly across the green from the lister house toward the campus gate.
Basil Everman | Elsie SingmasterThere were traces of tears on Mrs. lister's face, as was natural to one who was bidding farewell this evening to a happy era.
Basil Everman | Elsie SingmasterIt has effected such a change in surgery as to make the surgery before lister's time seem almost barbarous.
Invention | Bradley A. Fiskelister began with the supposition that the air contains the germs which are most active and pernicious in producing disease.
An Epitome of the History of Medicine | Roswell Park
British Dictionary definitions for lister (1 of 2)
/ (ˈlɪstə) /
US and Canadian agriculture a plough with a double mouldboard designed to throw soil to either side of a central furrow: Also called: lister plough, middlebreaker, middle buster
Origin of lister
1British Dictionary definitions for Lister (2 of 2)
/ (ˈlɪstə) /
Joseph, 1st Baron Lister. 1827–1912, British surgeon, who introduced the use of antiseptics
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Scientific definitions for Lister
[ lĭs′tər ]
British surgeon who, influenced by Pasteur's germ theory of disease, established in 1865 a system of antiseptic measures in hospitals to combat infections. His practices dramatically decreased the number by deaths caused by infection and were gradually adopted in hospitals throughout Europe.
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