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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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LIST, v.², n. [lɪst]

I. v. As in Eng., mainly arch.: to wish, desire, please (Cai. 1956); specif. of a pregnant woman: to long for unusual food (Cai. 1961).Abd. 1778 A. Ross Helenore (S.T.S.) 30:
Tell me what ails you, an' I'll right your wrang, Be what it list; and Ise no hadd you lang.Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel xxvi.:
Gin ye list to bid your twa lazy loons of porters there lift up your little kist.Knr. 1895 H. Haliburton Dunbar 100:
Gin ye list to lig into the laft.

II. n. Will, inclination, desire; appetite (Edb. 1962).Wgt. 1877 G. Fraser Sketches 375:
“Hoo ir ee the day, Bauldy?” He replied, “Am no verra weel; A hae some list o' meat, bit nae list o' wark.”