Cist vs. List — What's the Difference?

A cist ( or ; also kist ; from Greek: κίστη, Middle Welsh Kist or Germanic Kiste) is a small stone-built coffin-like box or ossuary used to hold the bodies of the dead. Examples can be found across Europe and in the Middle East.

A series of names, words, or other items written, printed, or imagined one after the other

A wicker receptacle used in ancient Rome for carrying sacred utensils in a procession.

A considerable number; a long series

A stone-lined grave, especially a tomb consisting of a pit lined with stones and often having a lid of stone or wood.

A narrow strip, especially of wood.

A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in Ancient Greece.

(Architecture) See listel.

(archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.

A border or selvage of cloth.

A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.

A stripe or band of color.

See Cyst.

Often lists An arena for jousting tournaments or other contests.

A place of combat.

An area of controversy.

A ridge thrown up between two furrows by a lister in plowing.

(Obsolete) A boundary; a border.

An inclination to one side, as of a ship; a tilt.

A desire or inclination.

To make a list of; itemize

To enter in a list; register

To put (oneself) in a specific category

(Archaic) To recruit.

To have a stated list price

(Archaic) To enlist in the armed forces.

To cover, line, or edge with list.

To cut a thin strip from the edge of.

To furrow or plant (land) with a lister.

To lean or cause to lean to the side

To listen or listen to.

To be pleasing to; suit.

To be disposed; choose.

A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.

Material used for cloth selvage.

A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself.

The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments.

The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle.

A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items.

(architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.

(carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank.

(ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.

(tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.

(obsolete) A stripe.

(obsolete) A boundary or limit; a border.

(archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.

(obsolete) Desire, inclination.

(architecture) A tilt to a building.

(nautical) A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power.

(transitive) To create or recite a list.

(transitive) To place in listings.

(transitive) To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border.

(transitive) To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.

To plough and plant with a lister.

To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe.

To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.

To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.

To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.

To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed.

To listen.

To listen to.

To be pleasing to.

To desire, like, or wish (to do something).

To cause (something) to tilt to one side.

To tilt to one side.

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.

Inclination; desire.

An inclination to one side; as, the ship has a list to starboard.

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.

A limit or boundary; a border.

The lobe of the ear; the ear itself.

A stripe.

A roll or catalogue, that is, row or line; a record of names; as, a list of names, books, articles; a list of ratable estate.

A little square molding; a fillet; - called also listel.

A narrow strip of wood, esp. sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.

A piece of woolen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a workman.

The first thin coat of tin.

To inclose for combat; as, to list a field.

To hearken; to attend; to listen.

To listen or hearken to.

To desire or choose; to please.

To lean; to incline; as, the ship lists to port.

To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colors, or form a border.

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

To enroll; to place or register in a list.

To engage, as a soldier; to enlist.

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

To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.

To plow and plant with a lister.

In cotton culture, to prepare, as land, for the crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.

A database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics)

The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical;

Give or make a list of; name individually; give the names of;

Include in a list;

Enumerate;

Cause to lean to the side;

Tilt to one side;