Listel to Lithic
Listel
(List"el) n. [F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge.] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6.
Listen
(Lis"ten) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Listened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Listening.] [OE. listnen, listen,
lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS.
hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosen to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. &radic41. See Loud,
and cf. List to listen.]
1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend.
When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is
drawn to a more than ordinary tension.
Holder. 2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey.
Listen to me, and by me be ruled.
Tennyson. To listen after, to take an interest in. [Obs.]
Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors.
Fuller. Syn. — To attend; hearken. See Attend.
Listen
(Lis"ten), v. t. To attend to. [Obs.] Shak.
Listener
(Lis"ten*er) n. One who listens; a hearkener.
Lister
(List"er) n. One who makes a list or roll.
Lister
(Lis"ter) n. Same as Leister.
Listerian
(Lis*te"ri*an) a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism.
Listerism
(Lis"ter*ism) n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations
and the treatment of wounds; — so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon.
Listful
(List"ful) a. Attentive. [Obs.] Spenser.
Listing
(List"ing), n.
1. The act or process of one who lists (in any sense of the verb); as, the listing of a door; the listing of a
stock at the Stock Exchange.
2. The selvedge of cloth; list.
3. (Carp.) The sapwood cut from the edge of a board.
4. (Agric.) The throwing up of the soil into ridges, — a method adopted in the culture of beets and
some garden crops. [Local, U. S.]
Listless
(List"less), a. [OE. listles, lustles. See Lust.] Having no desire or inclination; indifferent; heedless; spiritless.
" A listless unconcern." Thomson.
Benumbed with cold, and listless of their gain.
Dryden.
I was listless, and desponding.
Swift.
