Emily Dickinson Lexicon

LIST, v.t. [from list, a roll.]

1. To enroll; to register in a list or catalogue; to enlist. The latter is the more elegant word. Hence,
2. To engage in the public service, as soldiers. They in my name are listed. – Dryden.
3. To inclose for combat; as, to list a field. – Dryden.
4. To sew together, as strips of cloth; or to form a border. – Walton
5. To cover with a list, or with strips of cloth; as, to list a door.
6. To hearken; to attend; a contraction of listen – which see.