Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

List \List\, v. t.
   To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

List \List\, v. i. [See {Listen}.]
   To hearken; to attend; to listen. [Obs. except in poetry.]

         Stand close, and list to him.            --Shak.

List \List\, v. t.
   To listen or hearken to.

         Then weigh what loss your honor may sustain, If with
         too credent ear you list his songs.      --Shak.

List \List\, v. i. [OE. listen, lusten, AS. lystan, from lust
   pleasure. See {Lust}.]
   1. To desire or choose; to please.

            The wind bloweth where it listeth.    --John iii. 8.

            Them that add to the Word of God what them listeth.
                                                  --Hooker.

            Let other men think of your devices as they list.
                                                  --Whitgift.

   2. (Naut.) To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

List \List\, n.
   1. Inclination; desire. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

   2. (Naut.) An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a
      list to starboard.

List \List\, n. [AS. l[=i]st a list of cloth; akin to D. lijst,
   G. leiste, OHG. l[=i]sta, Icel. lista, listi, Sw. list, Dan.
   liste. In sense 5 from F. liste, of German origin, and thus
   ultimately the same word.]
   1. A strip forming the woven border or selvedge of cloth,
      particularly of broadcloth, and serving to strengthen it;
      hence, a strip of cloth; a fillet. ``Gartered with a red
      and blue list. '' --Shak.

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.

List \List\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Listed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Listing}.] [From list a roll.]
   1. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show
      of colors, or form a border. --Sir H. Wotton.

   2. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list
      on; as, to list a door; to stripe as if with list.

            The tree that stood white-listed through the gloom.
                                                  --Tennyson.

   3. To enroll; to place or register in a list.

            Listed among the upper serving men.   --Milton.

   4. To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

            I will list you for my soldier.       --Sir W.
                                                  Scott.

   5. (Carp.) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from
      the edge of; as, to list a board.

   {To list a stock} (Stock Exchange), to put it in the list of
      stocks called at the meeting of the board.

List \List\, v. i.
   To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to
   enlist.

List \List\, v. t.
   1. To plow and plant with a lister.

   2. In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by
      making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe. [Southern
      U. S.]

Source : WordNet®

list
     n 1: a database containing an ordered array of items (names or
          topics) [syn: {listing}]
     2: the property possessed by a line or surface that departs
        from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the
        ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a
        heavy inclination to the right" [syn: {tilt}, {inclination},
         {lean}, {leaning}]

list
     v 1: give or make a list of; name individually; give the names
          of; "List the states west of the Mississippi" [syn: {name}]
     2: include in a list; "Am I listed in your register?"
     3: enumerate; "We must number the names of the great
        mathematicians" [syn: {number}]
     4: cause to lean to the side; "Erosion listed the old tree"
        [syn: {lean}]
     5: tilt to one side; "The balloon heeled over"; "the wind made
        the vessel heel"; "The ship listed to starboard" [syn: {heel}]

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

list
     
         A data structure holding many values, possibly of
        different types, which is usually accessed sequentially,
        working from the head to the end of the tail - an "ordered
        list".  This contrasts with a (one-dimensional) {array}, any
        element of which can be accessed equally quickly.
     
        Lists are often stored using a cell and pointer arrangement
        where each value is stored in a cell along with an associated
        pointer to the next cell.  A special pointer, e.g. zero, marks
        the end of the list.  This is known as a (singlely) "linked
        list".  A doublely linked list has pointers from each cell to
        both next and previous cells.
     
        An unordered list is a {set}.
     
        (1998-11-12)