variant of LISSE sb.2 = LEASE sb.4 Also Comb. list-stick (see quot.).
1782. Encycl. Brit. (ed. 2), IX. 6711/1. The list-sticks, to which the high-lisses are tied. The high-lisses, or lists, are a number of long threads, with platines, or plate-leads, at the bottom.
