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n. [ L. arcuballistarius. Cf. Arbalister. ] A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist. Camden. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. balestre. See Ballista. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] Blount. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. ballista. Cf. Balister. ] A crossbow. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Blistered p. pr. & vb. n. Blistering. ] To be affected with a blister or blisters; to have a blister form on. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let my tongue blister. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE.; akin to OD. bluyster, fr. the same root as blast, bladder, blow. See Blow to eject wind. ] 1. A vesicle of the skin, containing watery matter or serum, whether occasioned by a burn or other injury, or by a vesicatory; a collection of serous fluid causing a bladderlike elevation of the cuticle. [ 1913 Webster ]

And painful blisters swelled my tender hands. Grainger. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any elevation made by the separation of the film or skin, as on plants; or by the swelling of the substance at the surface, as on steel. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A vesicatory; a plaster of Spanish flies, or other matter, applied to raise a blister. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]

Blister beetle, a beetle used to raise blisters, esp. the Lytta vesicatoria (or Cantharis vesicatoria), called Cantharis or Spanish fly by druggists. See Cantharis. --
Blister fly, a blister beetle. --
Blister plaster, a plaster designed to raise a blister; -- usually made of Spanish flies. --
Blister steel, crude steel formed from wrought iron by cementation; -- so called because of its blistered surface. Called also blistered steel. --
Blood blister. See under Blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To raise a blister or blisters upon. [ 1913 Webster ]

My hands were blistered. Franklin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give pain to, or to injure, as if by a blister. [ 1913 Webster ]

This tyrant, whose sole name blisters our tongue. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. harshly or corrosively critical in tone; -- of comments about people or their actions. blistering criticism
Syn. -- acerb, acerbic, acid, bitter, caustic, scathing, venomous, virulent, vitriolic. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. intensely hot. blistering sun
Syn. -- blistery. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. very fast; as, a blistering pace.
Syn. -- red-hot, scorching. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Full of blisters. Hooker. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a genus of plants having only one species, an erect Asiatic herb with large flowers.
Syn. -- genus Callistephus. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. prenom. (Mil.) designating to those members of the armed forces not commissioned as an officer; as, an enlisted man. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. any new member of an organization or supporter of a cause.
Syn. -- recruit. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. an enlisted man or woman in the armed forces. [ PJC ]

3. a person who enlisted voluntarily in the armed forces; -- contrasted with draftee. [ PJC ]

n.; pl. Familisteries [ F. familistère. ] A community in which many persons unite as in one family, and are regulated by certain communistic laws and customs.

n. 1. The rabbet on the outer edge of a sash bar to hold the glass and the putty. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A plane for making a rabbet. [ 1913 Webster ]

Fillister screw had, a short cylindrical screw head, having a convex top. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistened p. pr. & vb. n. Glistening ] [ OE. glistnian, akin to glisnen, glisien, AS. glisian, glisnian, akin to E. glitter. See Glitter, v. i., and cf. Glister, v. i. ] To sparkle or shine; especially, to shine with a mild, subdued, and fitful luster; to emit a soft, scintillating light; to gleam; as, the glistening stars.

Syn. -- See Flash. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. Reflecting light readily or in large amounts; having a surface luster; reflecting light directly rather than scattering it.
Syn. -- glossy, nitid, sheeny, shiny. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Glistered p. pr. & vb. n. Glistering. ] [ OE. glistren; akin to G. glistern, glinstern, D. glinsteren, and E. glisten. See Glisten. ] To be bright; to sparkle; to be brilliant; to shine; to glisten; to glitter. [ 1913 Webster ]

All that glisters is not gold. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Glitter; luster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. glistere. ] Same as Clyster. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a glistering manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. placed on a list. Opposite of unlisted. [ Narrower terms: catalogued; recorded ; traded ] [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. officially entered in a roll or list; as, listed on a stock exchange; a listed securities trader.
Syn. -- enrolled. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ F. listel, dim. of liste fillet, list. See List the edge. ] (Arch.) Same as List, n., 6. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Listened p. pr. & vb. n. Listening. ] [ OE. listnen, listen, lustnen, lusten, AS. hlystan; akin to hlyst hearing, OS. hlust, Icel. hlusta to listen, hlust ear, AS. hlosnian to wait in suspense, OHG. hlosēn to listen, Gr. kly`ein, and E. loud. √41. See Loud, and cf. List to listen. ] 1. To give close attention with the purpose of hearing; to give ear; to hearken; to attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

When we have occasion to listen, and give a more particular attention to some sound, the tympanum is drawn to a more than ordinary tension. Holder. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To give heed; to yield to advice; to follow admonition; to obey. [ 1913 Webster ]

Listen to me, and by me be ruled. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

To listen after, to take an interest in. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Soldiers note forts, armories, and magazines; scholars listen after libraries, disputations, and professors. Fuller.

Syn. -- To attend; hearken. See Attend. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. To attend to. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who listens; a hearkener. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. the act of hearing attentively.
Syn. -- hearing. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ } n. A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish. [ Scotland ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who makes a list or roll. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Leister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. List a strip, border, prob. applied to the furrow or the ridge of earth along the furrow. ] A double-moldboard plow which throws a deep furrow, and at the same time plants and covers grain in the bottom of the furrow. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. (Med.) Of or pertaining to listerism. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) The systematic use of antiseptics in the performance of operations and the treatment of wounds; -- so called from Joseph Lister, an English surgeon. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Listerized p. pr. & vb. n. Listerizing ] (Med.) To make antiseptic. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ F. millistère, from milli- milli- + stère. ] A liter, or cubic decimeter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ G. ] A Philistine; -- a cant name given to townsmen by students in German universities. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ F., voting by list. ] Voting for a group of candidates for the same kind of office on one ticket or ballot, containing a list of them; -- the method, used in France, as from June, 1885, to Feb., 1889, in elections for the Chamber of Deputies, each elector voting for the candidates for the whole department in which he lived, as disting. from
scrutin d'arrondissement or voting by each elector for the candidate or candidates for his own arrondissement only. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. Not listed; specif. (a) (New York Stock Exchange), admitted to quotation in the unlisted department, that is, admitted to be dealt in on the floor, but not to the “regular list.” (b) not listed in the telephone directory; -- of telephone numbers; as, an unlisted number. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. +PJC ]