listpot

A heated pan with a small quantity of tin at the bottom, and the last of the series of five pans used in the manufacture of tin-plate. list (2), s . [A.S. lust pleasure, desire.] [LUST, s.) *1. Ord. Lang.: Desire, pleasure, wish, inclination. 2. Naut .: An inclination of a ship to one side; a heel. IMG:content-0625.png:[blocks in formation] 3. To enrol, or attach one's self as a supporter of a cause; to enlist. *4. To enclose or shut off for combat. "What matters where we fall to fill the maws Of worms-on battle-plains or listed spot? Both are but theatres where the chief actors rot." Byron: Childe Harold , iv. 139. 5. To cover with a list or a strip of cloth; as, to list a door. 6. To mark with a stripe or streak. lis'-ten-er (tsilent), s. [Eng. listen; er.] One who listens; a hearer, a hearkener. "He ended: and a kind of spell Upon the silent listeners fell." Long fellow: Wayside Inn. (Inter.) †list-er (1), s. [Eng. list (1), v.; -er.] One who compiles a list, roll, or catalogue.