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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LIST, v.³ Also lust (Abd. 1931 D. Campbell Uncle Andie 8). Sc. usages, now obsol. in Eng.:

1. tr. To enlist into the army, to recruit (Gen.Sc.); to enrol for some purpose. Vbl.n. listin(g).Mry. 1716 W. Cramond Grant Ct. Bk. (1897) 22:
There is ane man listed from out of each tua aughtenparts.Sc. c.1740 J. Robertson Bon-Accord (1839) 88:
To Robert Ross, for listing his son, one shilling.Ags. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' 18:
They say we're listing heaps indeed, And shipping them awa' wi' speed.Ayr. 1785 Burns Jolly Beggars Rec. vii.:
He was a care-defying blade As ever Bacchus listed!Edb. 1788 J. Macaulay Poems 186:
Some folk that wish weel to our land, Hae ta'en the listing craft in hand.Sc. 1808 E. Hamilton Glenburnie x.:
They enticed him wi' drink; and then, when his senses were gane, they listet him.Slg. 1877 Recent Sc. Poets (Murdoch 1881) 223:
On the ae day, wi' grandfaither's bawbee, They're listed intae the Dragoons.

2. refl. or intr. To enlist (oneself), to engage as a soldier. Gen.Sc. Also in Eng. dial.Sc. 1749 R. Erskine Happy Victor 11:
The Believer is one that hath deserted the Devil's Camp, and listed himself a Soldier of Christ.Ayr. 1822 H. Ainslie Pilgrimage 60:
He had been born in the neighbourhood; bred a weaver; had listed; fought through the late war.wm.Sc. 1868 Laird of Logan 29:
To speer if her son, that listed wi' the sodgers, is deed or leevin.Uls. 1879 W. G. Lyttle Readings 38:
If ye dinna let me tak Maggie I'll gang an' list.Sc. 1893 Stevenson Catriona xv.:
He listed at last for a sodger.Slk. 1914 Southern Reporter (17 Dec.) 9:
Hoo's the recruitin' gettin' on? They're sayin' Wullie Johnston's listed.Abd. 1920 G. P. Dunbar Peat Reek 19:
He listed at a fair An' drank a shillin' o' the Queen's.