See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

LIST (O.E. See also:

• LISLE, ALICE (c. 1614-1685)

lisle, a See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)  , properly a border or edging . The word was thus formerly used of a See also:

• GEOGRAPHICAL

geographical boundary or frontier and of the See also:

• LOBE

lobe of the See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

ear . In current usage " See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list " is the See also:

• TERM

term applied to the " selvage " of a piece of See also:

• CLOTH

cloth, the edging, i.e. of a See also:

• WEB (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Du. webbe, Dan. vaev, Ger. Gewebe, all from the Teutonic wabh—to weave)

web See also:

• LEFT

left in an unfinished See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state or of different material from the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the fabric, to be torn or cut off when it is made up, or used for forming a seam . A similar edging prevents unravelling . The material, cut off and collected, is known as " list," and is used as a soft cheap material for making slippers, See also:

• PADDING

padding cushions, &c . Until the employment of See also:

• RUBBER, INDIARUBBER

rubber, list was used to stuff the cushions of billiard tables . The same word probably appears, in a plural See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form " lists," applied to the barriers or palisades enclosing a space of ground set apart for tilting (see See also:

• TOURNAMENT, or TOURNEY (Fr. tournement, tournoi, Med. Lat. torneamentum, from tourner, to turn)

TOURNAMENT) . It is thus used of any See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of contest, and the phrase " to enter the lists " is frequently used in the sense of " to See also:

• CHALLENGE (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, &c., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a " calumny ")

challenge." The word in this application was taken directly from the O . Fr. lisse, See also:

• MODERN

modern lice, in Med . See also:

• LAT

Lat. liciae . This word is usually taken to be a Romanic See also:

• ADAPTATION (from Lat. adaptare. to fit to)

adaptation of the See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic word . In See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval fortifications the lices were the palisades forming an outwork in front of the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main walls of a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle or other fortified place, and the word was alsoused of the space enclosed between the palisades and the See also:

• ENCEINTE (Lat. in, within, cinctus, girdled; to be distinguished from the word meaning " pregnant," from in, not, and cinctus, i.e. with girdle loosened)

enceinte; this was used for exercising troops, &c .

From a transference of " list," meaning edge or border, to a "See also:

• STRIP

strip" of See also:

• PAPER
• PAPER (Fr. papier, from Lat. papyrus)

paper, See also:

• PARCHMENT

parchment, &c., containing a " list " of names, See also:

• NUMBERS, BOOK OF
• NUMBERS, PARTITION OF

numbers, &c., comes the use of the word for an enumeration of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of names of persons or things arranged in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order for some specific purpose . It is the most See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general word for such an enumeration, other words, such as " See also:

• REGISTER

register," " See also:

• SCHEDULE

schedule," " See also:

• INVENTORY (post-class. Lat. inventarium, a list or repertory, from invenire to find)

inventory," " See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

catalogue," having usually some particular See also:

• CONNOTATION

connotation . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of list in this meaning was of the See also:

• ROLL (O. Fr. rolle, roulle, mod. role, Lat. rotulus, dim. of rota, wheel)
• ROLL, ALFRED PHILIPPE (1846– )

roll containing the names of soldiers; hence to "list a soldier " meant to enter a recruit's name for service, in modern usage " to enlist him . There are numerous particular applications of " list," as in " See also:

• CIVIL

civil list " (q.v.), " active or retired list " in the See also:

• NAVY

navy or See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army . The term " See also:

• FREE

free list " is used of an enumeration of such commodities as may at a particular See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time be exempt from the See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue See also:

• LAWS

laws imposing an import See also:

• DUTY (from " due," that which is owing, O. Fr. deu, dil, past participle of devoir; Lat. debere, debitum; cf. " debt ")

duty . The verb " to list," most commonly found in the imperative, meaning " hark ! " is another form of " listen," and is to be referred, as to its ultimate origin, to an Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root klu-, seen in Gr . KXUEW, to hear, KMos, See also:

• GLORY (through the O. Fr. glorie, modern gloire, from Lat. gloria, cognate with Gr. KXebs, abets)

glory, renown, and in the See also:

• ENGLISH

English " loud." The same root is seen in Welsh clr2st and Irish See also:

• ALIAS (Lat. for " at another time ")

alias, See also:

• EEL

eel- . Another word "list," meaning See also:

• PLEASURE (through Fr. plaisir from Lat. placere, to please; Gr. rlbovii)

pleasure, delight, or, as a verb, meaning " to please, choose," is chiefly found in such phrases as " the See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind .loweth where it listeth." This is from the O.E. lystan, cf . Dut. lusten, Ger. liisten, to take pleasure in, and is also found in the English doublet " lust," now always used in the sense of an evil or more particularly sexual See also:

• DESIRE

desire . It is probably an application of this word, in the sense of " inclination," that has given rise to the nautical term " list," for the turning over of a See also:

• SHIP

ship on to its See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side .