Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

List \List\ (l[i^]st), n. [F. lice, LL. liciae, pl., from L.
   licium thread, girdle.]
   A line inclosing or forming the extremity of a piece of
   ground, or field of combat; hence, in the plural (lists), the
   ground or field inclosed for a race or combat. --Chaucer.

         In measured lists to toss the weighty lance. --Pope.

   {To enter the lists}, to accept a challenge, or engage in
      contest.