list (n.) Old form(s): Lyst
boundary, limit, confines
1H4 IV.i.51[Hotspur to all, of using all their forces at once] therein should we read ... / The very list, the very utmost bound / Of all our fortunes
AW II.i.51[Parolles to Bertram] you have restrained yourself within the list of too cold an adieu
H5 V.ii.267[King Henry to Katherine] you and I cannot be confined within the weak list of a country's fashion
Ham IV.v.101[Messenger to Claudius] The ocean, overpeering of his list
MM I.i.6[Duke to Escalus] your own science / Exceeds ... the lists of all advice / My strength can give you
Oth IV.i.75[Iago to Othello] Confine yourself but in a patient list
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