7. (Carp.) A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a
plank or board.
8. (Rope Making) A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are
grasped by a workman.
9. (Tin-plate Manuf.) (a) The first thin coat of tin. (b) A wirelike
rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
Civil list (Great Britain & U.S.), the civil officers of government, as
judges, ambassadors, secretaries, etc. Hence, the revenues or
appropriations of public money for the support of the civil officers.
More recently, the civil list, in England, embraces only the expenses
of the reigning monarch's household. -- Free list. (a) A list of
articles admitted to a country free of duty. (b) A list of persons
admitted to any entertainment, as a theater or opera, without payment,
or to whom a periodical, or the like, is furnished without cost.
Syn. -- Roll; catalogue; register; inventory; schedule. -- List, Roll,
Catalogue, Register, Inventory, Schedule. A list is properly a simple
series of names, etc., in a brief form, such as might naturally be
entered in a narrow strip of paper. A roll was originally a list
containing the names of persons belonging to a public body (as
Parliament, etc.), which was rolled up and laid aside among its
archives. A catalogue is a list of persons or things arranged in order,
and usually containing some description of the same, more or less
extended. A register is designed for record or preservation. An
inventory is a list of articles, found on hand in a store of goods, or
in the estate of a deceased person, or under similar circumstances. A
schedule is a formal list or inventory prepared for legal or business
purposes.
List (lst), 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.