12  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  t. 
  To  inclose  for  combat;  as  to  list  a  field. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  i.  [See  {Listen}.] 
  To  hearken;  to  attend;  to  listen.  [Obs.  except  in  poetry.] 
 
  Stand  close  and  list  to  him  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  t. 
  To  listen  or  hearken  to 
 
  Then  weigh  what  loss  your  honor  may  sustain,  If  with 
  too  credent  ear  you  list  his  songs.  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  i.  [OE.  listen,  lusten,  AS  lystan  from  lust 
  pleasure.  See  {Lust}.] 
  1.  To  desire  or  choose  to  please. 
 
  The  wind  bloweth  where  it  listeth  --John  iii.  8. 
 
  Them  that  add  to  the  Word  of  God  what  them  listeth 
  --Hooker. 
 
  Let  other  men  think  of  your  devices  as  they  list. 
  --Whitgift. 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  To  lean;  to  incline;  as  the  ship  lists  to  port. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  n. 
  1.  Inclination;  desire.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  (Naut.)  An  inclination  to  one  side  as  the  ship  has  a 
  list  to  starboard. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  n.  [AS.  l[=i]st  a  list  of  cloth;  akin  to  D.  lijst, 
  G.  leiste,  OHG.  l[=i]sta,  Icel.  lista,  listi,  Sw  list,  Dan. 
  liste.  In  sense  5  from  F.  liste,  of  German  origin,  and  thus 
  ultimately  the  same  word.] 
  1.  A  strip  forming  the  woven  border  or  selvedge  of  cloth, 
  particularly  of  broadcloth,  and  serving  to  strengthen  it 
  hence  a  strip  of  cloth;  a  fillet.  ``Gartered  with  a  red 
  and  blue  list.  ''  --Shak. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\  (l[i^]st),  n.  [F.  lice,  LL  liciae  pl.,  from  L. 
  licium  thread,  girdle.] 
  A  line  inclosing  or  forming  the  extremity  of  a  piece  of 
  ground,  or  field  of  combat;  hence  in  the  plural  (lists),  the 
  ground  or  field  inclosed  for  a  race  or  combat.  --Chaucer. 
 
  In  measured  lists  to  toss  the  weighty  lance.  --Pope. 
 
  {To  enter  the  lists},  to  accept  a  challenge,  or  engage  in 
  contest. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Listed};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Listing}.]  [From  list  a  roll.] 
  1.  To  sew  together,  as  strips  of  cloth,  so  as  to  make  a  show 
  of  colors,  or  form  a  border.  --Sir  H.  Wotton. 
 
  2.  To  cover  with  list,  or  with  strips  of  cloth;  to  put  list 
  on  as  to  list  a  door;  to  stripe  as  if  with  list. 
 
  The  tree  that  stood  white-listed  through  the  gloom. 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  3.  To  enroll;  to  place  or  register  in  a  list. 
 
  Listed  among  the  upper  serving  men.  --Milton. 
 
  4.  To  engage,  as  a  soldier;  to  enlist. 
 
  I  will  list  you  for  my  soldier.  --Sir  W. 
  Scott. 
 
  5.  (Carp.)  To  cut  away  a  narrow  strip,  as  of  sapwood,  from 
  the  edge  of  as  to  list  a  board. 
 
  {To  list  a  stock}  (Stock  Exchange),  to  put  it  in  the  list  of 
  stocks  called  at  the  meeting  of  the  board. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  i. 
  To  engage  in  public  service  by  enrolling  one's  name  to 
  enlist. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  List  \List\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  plow  and  plant  with  a  lister. 
 
  2.  In  cotton  culture,  to  prepare,  as  land,  for  the  crop  by 
  making  alternating  beds  and  alleys  with  the  hoe.  [Southern 
  U.  S.] 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  list 
  n  1:  a  database  containing  an  ordered  array  of  items  (names  or 
  topics)  [syn:  {listing}] 
  2:  the  property  possessed  by  a  line  or  surface  that  departs 
  from  the  vertical;  "the  tower  had  a  pronounced  tilt";  "the 
  ship  developed  a  list  to  starboard";  "he  walked  with  a 
  heavy  inclination  to  the  right"  [syn:  {tilt},  {inclination}, 
  {lean},  {leaning}] 
  v  1:  give  or  make  a  list  of  name  individually;  give  the  names  of 
  2:  include  in  a  list 
  3:  give  the  names  of  "Name  the  states  west  of  the 
  Mississippi!"  [syn:  {name}] 
  4:  enumerate;  "We  must  number  the  names  of  the  great 
  mathematicians"  [syn:  {number}] 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  list 
 
    A  data  structure  holding  many  values,  possibly  of 
  different  types,  which  is  usually  accessed  sequentially, 
  working  from  the  head  to  the  end  of  the  tail  -  an  "ordered 
  list".  This  contrasts  with  a  (one-dimensional)  {array},  any 
  element  of  which  can  be  accessed  equally  quickly. 
 
  Lists  are  often  stored  using  a  cell  and  pointer  arrangement 
  where  each  value  is  stored  in  a  cell  along  with  an  associated 
  pointer  to  the  next  cell.  A  special  pointer,  e.g.  zero,  marks 
  the  end  of  the  list.  This  is  known  as  a  singlely  "linked 
  list".  A  doublely  linked  list  has  pointers  from  each  cell  to 
  both  next  and  previous  cells. 
 
  An  unordered  list  is  a  {set}. 
 
  (1998-11-12) 
 
 

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