agistv.

Brit.

/əˈdʒɪst/, U.S.

/əˈdʒɪst/, Australian English

/əˈdʒɪst/, New Zealand English

/əˈdʒɪst/

Forms:

α. Middle English agyst, Middle English 1600s agest, Middle English– agist, 1500s ajest; English regional 1800s– ajist (northern).

β. 1700s adjoist; English regional 1800s– ajoist (northern and north midlands).

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agister.

Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agister to pasture (livestock belonging to another person, usually for hire or for some consideration) (a1279 or earlier), to let or hire (land) for pasture (a1321 or earlier; compare Middle French agister (of a woman) to be delivered of a child (late 14th and 15th centuries)) < a- a- prefix⁵ + giste gist n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin agistare to put (animals) to pasture or assess for pasture duty, to use or assess (woodland) for pasturage (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), to assess (a person or tenement) for payment or service (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), to assign or annex land (13th cent. in a British source), to assess (pasture duty) (14th cent. in a British source) < French. Compare gist v.¹, joist v.²The β. forms suggest that the word originally had a variant with Middle English long ī . See further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §259, and compare the phonological history of e.g. boil n.¹, hoise v., hoist v.

Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand.

1. transitive. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)]

pasture1434

agista1450

graze1603

impasture1649

feeda1652

summer eat1727

stock1794

a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 242 (MED) If ther be ony man that agistyth his wode in pannage time.

1618 F. Pulton tr. Chart. Forest. in Coll. Statutes 7, ix Euery Freeman may agest his owne Wood within our Forest [L. agistet boscum suum in foresta] at his pleasure, and shall take his pawnage. Also we doe grant that euery Freeman may driue his swine freely without impediment through our demesne Woods, for to agest them in their owne Woods [L. ad agistandum eos in boscis suis propriis].

1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. App. 100 There shall be Four Knights appointed to Agist his Woods.

1786 J. Impey Office Sheriff 162 Were it otherwise, it would be in the power of the party, by agisting his lands, to defeat the king of the benefit of the outlawry.

1888 Law Times 3 Mar. 21/1 There was also a specific charge against the same Evan Hughes of having wrongfully agisted the land of William Thomas.

2008 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 59 There's good money to be made for people who want to agist their fields.

2. transitive. To pasture (livestock belonging to another person), usually for hire or for some consideration. Also: to pasture (one's own animal or livestock) on land belonging to another person.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > admit to pasture

agist1473

the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > pasture for rent

gist1483

agist1598

joist1601

tack1839

1473 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeol. Soc. (1909) 9 280 (MED) Certane catall off Richard Salkeld..agestyd..in to Maysdale, the grownde off the sayde Sir Thomas Curwen.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xi. §1 If a man have common by a specialitie..he may not Agist other mens cattell, there to use his common.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Glandager les porceaux..to agist, or lay, swine in mastie woods.

1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) (at cited word) This word Agist is also used for the taking in of other Mens Cattle into any Mans Ground, at a certain rate per week.

1731 Magna Britannia VI. 382/1 Skelton being a Village in the Forest of Englewood, in which the People agisted their Cattle.

1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 106 The revenue of the..pasture land was raised by taking in cattle to graze, adjoisted at a certain Locutio, or contract rate per head, for the grazing.

1839 T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. 18 Sir Robert & his heirs were also to have the pannage of the swine agisted in their own woods.

1885 Solicitors Jrnl. & Reporter 14 Nov. 42/2 If a man has for a fair price agreed to agist cattle, certain consequences shall ensue.

1924 Michigan Law Rev. 22 605 The defendant agisted a mare in a field in which there was a horse belonging to the plaintiff.

1978 P. Brown Highland Peoples New Guinea ii. 92 Pigs are agisted on the land of relatives in other communities who are not at that time planning a feast.

2007 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 June 44 They have been running sheep on the property for the last two years and have also agisted cattle.

3. intransitive. Of livestock: to pasture for a specified time. †Also transitive: to pasture on (land) (obsolete).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > agist

gist1483

joist1601

agist1702

tack1839

1585 Will G. Fenwick in J. C. Hodgson Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1906) III. 113 To my brother Martyne, all the cattle of myne he haithe aboute his house except the 16 which is now gone a jestinge.

1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xi. §1. sig. K5^v He..did put his saide cattell..into the same close to Agist.

a1648 J. Godbolt Rep. Certain Cases Courts of Rec. Westm. (1652) 123 A Commoner cannot put in Cattel to Agist.

1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Agistator To gise or juice ground, is when the Lord or tenant feeds it not with his own stock, but takes in other cattle to agist or feed in it.

1702 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (ed. 2) 88 If the Beasts of another Man are..agisting my Land..and are taken by an Estranger, I shall have a Replevin.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) When the lord..takes in other cattle to agist, or feed on it.

1779 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 221/2 Grass agisted or eaten by improfitable cattle.

1795 J. Masters Short Acct. Parish Waterbeach 5 The Inhabitants..have each of them a right..to make up that number by taking in foreign stock to agist.

1875 Law Times 27 Feb. 306 The plaintiff placed a black mare and foal with the defendant to agist.

1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield 1 Them bisn't his own ship (sheep); them's on'y som' as Mr. X. has got ajoisting.

1902 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Dec. 16/3 Some of the far-back pastoralists—who have sheep agisting at several widely-separated places.

1997 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 12 July Best Endeavours was the first horse to agist at Pat's property.

†4. transitive. In extended use: to make (lands or their owner) liable to a rate or tax. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [verb (transitive)] > exact land tax on or from

tallagec1460

agist1601

gelda1640

1601 in Acts Privy Council (1907) XXXIII. 402 In the time of the raigne of King Henry the Eight the said townes of Walpoole, Walton, Walsoken and Enmeth were adjoisted together with the said towne of Terrington towardes the maintenance of their banckes against the sea.

1717 Blount's Law-Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The word Agist is also metaphorically taken for a Charge or Burthen on a Thing; (viz.) Terræ ad custodiam maris agistatæ (Seld. Mar. Claus. pag. 191.) i.e. Charged with a Tribute to keep out the Sea.

1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 289 The king [sc. Edward I] instituted the system of coastguard..and agisted or rated the land-owners of the maritime counties for its support.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	agist
释义	agistv. Brit. /əˈdʒɪst/, U.S. /əˈdʒɪst/, Australian English /əˈdʒɪst/, New Zealand English /əˈdʒɪst/ Forms: α. Middle English agyst, Middle English 1600s agest, Middle English– agist, 1500s ajest; English regional 1800s– ajist (northern). β. 1700s adjoist; English regional 1800s– ajoist (northern and north midlands). Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French agister. Etymology: < Anglo-Norman agister to pasture (livestock belonging to another person, usually for hire or for some consideration) (a1279 or earlier), to let or hire (land) for pasture (a1321 or earlier; compare Middle French agister (of a woman) to be delivered of a child (late 14th and 15th centuries)) < a- a- prefix⁵ + giste gist n.¹ Compare post-classical Latin agistare to put (animals) to pasture or assess for pasture duty, to use or assess (woodland) for pasturage (frequently from 12th cent. in British sources), to assess (a person or tenement) for payment or service (frequently from 13th cent. in British sources), to assign or annex land (13th cent. in a British source), to assess (pasture duty) (14th cent. in a British source) < French. Compare gist v.¹, joist v.²The β. forms suggest that the word originally had a variant with Middle English long ī . See further E. J. Dobson Eng. Pronunc. 1500–1700 (ed. 2, 1968) II. §259, and compare the phonological history of e.g. boil n.¹, hoise v., hoist v. Now chiefly Australian and New Zealand. 1. transitive. To let or hire (land, originally woodland) for pasture. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > management of pasture > use as pasture [verb (transitive)] pasture1434 agista1450 graze1603 impasture1649 feeda1652 summer eat1727 stock1794 a1450 Forest Laws in W. A. Baillie-Grohman & F. Baillie-Grohman Master of Game (1904) 242 (MED) If ther be ony man that agistyth his wode in pannage time. 1618 F. Pulton tr. Chart. Forest. in Coll. Statutes 7, ix Euery Freeman may agest his owne Wood within our Forest [L. agistet boscum suum in foresta] at his pleasure, and shall take his pawnage. Also we doe grant that euery Freeman may driue his swine freely without impediment through our demesne Woods, for to agest them in their owne Woods [L. ad agistandum eos in boscis suis propriis]. 1685 R. Brady Compl. Hist. Eng. App. 100 There shall be Four Knights appointed to Agist his Woods. 1786 J. Impey Office Sheriff 162 Were it otherwise, it would be in the power of the party, by agisting his lands, to defeat the king of the benefit of the outlawry. 1888 Law Times 3 Mar. 21/1 There was also a specific charge against the same Evan Hughes of having wrongfully agisted the land of William Thomas. 2008 Gold Coast Bull. (Austral.) (Nexis) 23 Aug. 59 There's good money to be made for people who want to agist their fields. 2. transitive. To pasture (livestock belonging to another person), usually for hire or for some consideration. Also: to pasture (one's own animal or livestock) on land belonging to another person. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > admit to pasture agist1473 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > pasture for rent gist1483 agist1598 joist1601 tack1839 1473 in Trans. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeol. Soc. (1909) 9 280 (MED) Certane catall off Richard Salkeld..agestyd..in to Maysdale, the grownde off the sayde Sir Thomas Curwen. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xi. §1 If a man have common by a specialitie..he may not Agist other mens cattell, there to use his common. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Glandager les porceaux..to agist, or lay, swine in mastie woods. 1691 Blount's Νομο-λεξικον (ed. 2) (at cited word) This word Agist is also used for the taking in of other Mens Cattle into any Mans Ground, at a certain rate per week. 1731 Magna Britannia VI. 382/1 Skelton being a Village in the Forest of Englewood, in which the People agisted their Cattle. 1782 T. Pownall Treat. Study Antiq. 106 The revenue of the..pasture land was raised by taking in cattle to graze, adjoisted at a certain Locutio, or contract rate per head, for the grazing. 1839 T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. 18 Sir Robert & his heirs were also to have the pannage of the swine agisted in their own woods. 1885 Solicitors Jrnl. & Reporter 14 Nov. 42/2 If a man has for a fair price agreed to agist cattle, certain consequences shall ensue. 1924 Michigan Law Rev. 22 605 The defendant agisted a mare in a field in which there was a horse belonging to the plaintiff. 1978 P. Brown Highland Peoples New Guinea ii. 92 Pigs are agisted on the land of relatives in other communities who are not at that time planning a feast. 2007 Weekly Times (Austral.) (Nexis) 20 June 44 They have been running sheep on the property for the last two years and have also agisted cattle. 3. intransitive. Of livestock: to pasture for a specified time. †Also transitive: to pasture on (land) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > agist gist1483 joist1601 agist1702 tack1839 1585 Will G. Fenwick in J. C. Hodgson Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1906) III. 113 To my brother Martyne, all the cattle of myne he haithe aboute his house except the 16 which is now gone a jestinge. 1598 J. Manwood Treat. Lawes Forrest xi. §1. sig. K5^v He..did put his saide cattell..into the same close to Agist. a1648 J. Godbolt Rep. Certain Cases Courts of Rec. Westm. (1652) 123 A Commoner cannot put in Cattel to Agist. 1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Agistator To gise or juice ground, is when the Lord or tenant feeds it not with his own stock, but takes in other cattle to agist or feed in it. 1702 W. Scroggs Pract. Courts-leet (ed. 2) 88 If the Beasts of another Man are..agisting my Land..and are taken by an Estranger, I shall have a Replevin. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. (at cited word) When the lord..takes in other cattle to agist, or feed on it. 1779 Chron. in Ann. Reg. 221/2 Grass agisted or eaten by improfitable cattle. 1795 J. Masters Short Acct. Parish Waterbeach 5 The Inhabitants..have each of them a right..to make up that number by taking in foreign stock to agist. 1875 Law Times 27 Feb. 306 The plaintiff placed a black mare and foal with the defendant to agist. 1891 S. O. Addy Suppl. Gloss. Words Sheffield 1 Them bisn't his own ship (sheep); them's on'y som' as Mr. X. has got ajoisting. 1902 Bulletin (Sydney) 6 Dec. 16/3 Some of the far-back pastoralists—who have sheep agisting at several widely-separated places. 1997 Advertiser (Adelaide) (Nexis) 12 July Best Endeavours was the first horse to agist at Pat's property. †4. transitive. In extended use: to make (lands or their owner) liable to a rate or tax. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > impost, due, or tax > tax > types of tax > [verb (transitive)] > exact land tax on or from tallagec1460 agist1601 gelda1640 1601 in Acts Privy Council (1907) XXXIII. 402 In the time of the raigne of King Henry the Eight the said townes of Walpoole, Walton, Walsoken and Enmeth were adjoisted together with the said towne of Terrington towardes the maintenance of their banckes against the sea. 1717 Blount's Law-Dict. (ed. 3) (at cited word) The word Agist is also metaphorically taken for a Charge or Burthen on a Thing; (viz.) Terræ ad custodiam maris agistatæ (Seld. Mar. Claus. pag. 191.) i.e. Charged with a Tribute to keep out the Sea. 1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. II. xv. 289 The king [sc. Edward I] instituted the system of coastguard..and agisted or rated the land-owners of the maritime counties for its support. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.a1450
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