Lister (n.)

  1. English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics (1827-1912)

    [ Syn: lister , 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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