Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Leister \Leis"ter\, Lister \Lis"ter\(l[i^]s"t[~e]r), n.
   A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.
   [Scotland]

Lister \List"er\, n.
   One who makes a list or roll.

Lister \Lis"ter\, n.
   Same as {Leister}.

Lister \List"er\, 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.

Source : WordNet®

Lister
     n 1: English surgeon who was the first to use antiseptics
          (1827-1912) [syn: {Joseph Lister}, {Baron Lister}]
     2: assessor who makes out the tax lists
     3: moldboard plow with a double moldboard designed to move dirt
        to either side of a central furrow [syn: {lister plow}, {lister
        plough}, {middlebreaker}, {middle buster}]