- agisted
- v. housing and feeding livestock for a fee (Archaic)
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Agistment — To agist is, in English law, to take cattle to graze, for a remuneration. Agistment, in the first instance, referred more particularly to the proceeds of pasturage in the king s forests, but now means either (a) the contract for taking in and… … Wikipedia
Agister — A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is corrupted into… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Agistor — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
gisttaker — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
guest-taker — Agister A*gist er, Agistor A*gist or, n. [Anglo Norman agistour.] (Law) (a) Formerly, an officer of the king s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called {gisttaker}, which in England is… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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agistor — noun a) One who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. b) Formerly, an officer of the kings forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; hence called gisttaker, which in England is … Wiktionary
