listerine

A much used and very valuable antiseptic medicine, manufactured in this country as a proprietary article, the exclusive right to make and sell the same being protected by the label and trade-mark laws of the United States. Lis-ter-işm, s. [Eng., ., Lister ( ian ); -ism.] Surg.: The name given to a system of operative surgery and conservative dre ing introduced by Sir Joseph (then Mr.) Lister, of King's College Hospital. It consists of the free employment of carbolic acid-preferably in the form of absolute phenol. The instruments to be used are dipped in a solution of it; during the operation the solution in the form of spray is widely diffused, and the waite: Retrospect of Medicine , 1xxx. 99-107.) IMG:content-0626.png:[blocks in formation] II. Carp.: Τo chop a block or stave to an approximate shape-e. g., the balk or codling from which staves are to be riven is chopped to give a taper toward each end, before being cleft into staves by the froe and mallet. B. In trans.: To enlist in the public service; as, a soldier. ( Vulgar .) To list a board : To reduce in breadth by cutting off the sapwood from the edge. *list (2), *lyst, *list-en, *lust, *lust-en (1), v. i. [A. S. lystan , from lust pleasure; cogn. with Dut. lusten =to like, from lust delight; Icel. lysta , from lost i lust; Dan. lyste , from lyst ; Sw. lysta , from lust ; Goth. lust on , from lust us ; Ger. gelusten , from lust .] To desire, to choose, to prefer, to please, to be disposed. IMG:content-0627.png:[blocks in formation] "On the battle-field, in the hospital, and the homes of the sick, Listerism is a household word." - Brit. Med. Journ., Dec. 15, 1885. *list-ful, a . [Eng. list (3), v.; -ful ( l ).] Attentive listening, heedful. "To his doom with listful ears attend." Spenser: F. Q., V. i. 25. list-Ing, pr. par. & s. [LIST (1), v.] A. As pr. par.: (See the verb.) B. As substantive: I. Ordinary Language : 1. The act of enrolling or inserting in a list. 2. The act of enlisting for public service, as a soldier. II. Carpentry : 1. Cutting away the sappy edge of a board. 2. The narrow edge of a board. list-le , a . [Eng. list (3), v.; -le .) Carele , heedle , indifferent, inattentive, languid, weary. "Hence an unfurnished and a listle mind. Though busy, trifling; empty, though refined." Cowper : Progre of Error , 426. list-le -lý, adv . [Eng. listle ; -ly.] In a listle , indifferent, or languid manner; with in differ ence. "See whether he be stirring and active, or whether he lazily and listle ly dreams away his time."- Locke : Of Education , § 123. list-le -ne , s. [Eng. listle ; -ne .) The quality or state of being listle ; indifference, languidne . *list-ne , *liste-nes, subst . [Eng. list (3), v.; -ne .] Listening, attention. ( Stanyhurst .) pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, põt, lists lists, s . pl . [A corrupt. of li es ; O. Fr. li e , lice; Ital. liccia a barrier or palisade, from Low Latin liciæ barriers, from Lat.licium =a thread, a girdle. There was probably a confusion with A. S. list a border.] [LIST (1), 8.] A piece of ground inclosed for a contest or combat; a tilting ground. 'Far as an able hand a lance can throw, Or at the lists , or at the fighting foe."" Pope: Homer's Iliad, xvi. 718. lit (1), pret. & pa. par. of v. (LIGHT (1), υ.] lit (2), pret. of v. [LIGHT (2), v.] lit-a-nỹ, *let-a-nie, *lit-a-nie, s . [O. Fr. let a nie (Fr. litunie ) , from Lat. litania : Gr. litaneia =a prayer, from litainō -to pray; Sp. litania , letania ; Ital. litanie , letanie .] I. Ord. Lang.: A solemn form of supplicatory prayer used in public worship. II. Church History , Ritual , .: 1. Roman : There are three forms of litany recognized by the Roman Church as admi ible in public worship: (1) The Litany of the Saints, used on the feast of St. Mark, on Rogation Days, on Holy Saturday and Whitsun Eve, and during the Exposition of the Ble ed Sacrament. (2) The Litany of the Ble ed Virgin-usually called the Litany of Lo ret to, from its being first sung in the Santa Casa of Loretto-now generally used at Benediction (q.v.). (3) The Litany of the Holy Name of Jesus, consisting of titles of Our Lord, with the invocation "Miscrere nob is" (Have mercy on us). 2. Anglican : The first change from the Roman Litany in the direction of its present form was made in 1544. In the Prayer Book of Edward VI. (1549), directions were appended to the Communion office that "Upon Wednesdays and Fridays the English litany shall be said or sung in all places." In the revision of 1552 it was placed where it now stands, with the rubric "To be used on Sun days, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and at other times when it shall be commanded by the Ordinary." Grind all in 1571 forbade any interval between Morning Prayer, Litany, and Communion Service; but the Fifteenth Canon of 1604 recognizes the Litany as a separate office. The practice of the present day tends in that direction, and in many churches the Litany is recited on Sunday afternoon, followed by a brief addre . When it is said at Morning Prayer, it follows the Third Collect for Grace.