Naut. Also 7–8 lust. [f. LIST sb.5] intr. Of a ship: To careen, heel or incline to one side. Also with off.
1626. Capt. Smith, Accid. Yng. Sea-men, 29. Cun the ship spoune before the winde, she lusts, she lyes vnder the Sea.
c. 1740. A. Allen, MS. Dict., s.v. Lust, Mariners say the Ship lusteth, when she leans to one side rather than to another.
1880. Times, 6 Aug., 5/3. When heavily laden she was ‘tender,’ had a tendency to list, and righted herself with difficulty. Ibid., 17 Dec., 5/6. She was moored outside the dock but listed off, and makes a good deal of water.
1885. J. T. Wood, in Century Mag., XXIX. 742/1. Soon she [the Cumberland] listed to port and filled rapidly.
