[f. LIST v.4 + -ING1.]
1. Enrolment, enlistment.
1641. Charles I., Declar. to Parlt., in Rushw., Hist. Coll., III. (1692), I. 536. Why the listing of so many Officers … should be misconstrued, We much marvel.
1648. Heylin, Relat. & Observ., I. 134. Skippon’s underhand Listing of Schismaticks.
a. 1655. Vines, Lords Supp. (1677), 204. Baptism may be … for initiation, and listing of souldiers under Christ’s colours.
1709. Royal Proclam., 27 Jan., in Lond. Gaz., No. 4510/3. Any three … of the … Commissioners, who shall be present at the listing of any Person.
1715. M. Davies, Athen. Brit., I. 289. Mr. Medcalf, who plume’s himself with the criminal poling and listing of his Winefed-Pilgrims.
attrib. 1763. Brit. Mag., IV. 547. And as a clown hates listing-money—so The sign of Serjeant Kite is still his foe.
1786. Gentl. Mag., LVI. I. 521. He took from him about six guineas in gold, listing-money.
2. The drawing up of a list (e.g., of rateable property). Also attrib.
1659. Fuller, App. Inj. Innoc. (1840), 295. The listing of such faults as have escaped, either in the beginning or end of the book.
1891. K. Field, Washington, IV. 371/1. The listing committee of Denver’s Mining Exchange is supposed to guard against the fraudulent listing of property.
1899. Daily News, 5 Dec., 2/5. Lists of the numbers, and forms for listing.
