Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LIST, adj. Ready, quick, eager. Obs. exc. dial. in Eng. in the sense of “quick of hearing.”Ayr. 1823 Galt R. Gilhaize II. i., xiii.:
[She] signified her regret that he had been so list to leave her … When any of his disciples were not just so list and brisk as they might have been.
