gisementn.1
/dʒʌɪzmənt/ (See quot. 1848.)
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > agistment
gistment1511
agistment1537
joist1558
justment1597
agisting1598
agistation1686
agistage1691
gisement1695
gisting1829
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > action or occupation of pasturing > pasturing for rent
gistment1511
agistment1537
joist1558
justment rent1597
agisting1598
agistation1686
agistage1691
gisement1695
gisting1829
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Agistator Hence our Grasiers now call the foreign cattel, which they take in to keep by the week, Gisements or Juicements.
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Gisting, the feeding of cattle, which in some places are called gisements.
1848 J. J. S. Wharton Law Lexicon 276/1 Gisement, cattle which are taken in to graze at a certain price; also the money received for grazing cattle.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
gisementn.2
/ˈʒiːzmɒ̃/ The way in which something lies, position.
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the world > space > relative position > [noun]
standing?c1400
situationa1484
setting?1523
disposition?1541
position1556
collocation1605
posture1605
standa1684
lie1697
lay1819
presentation1833
sit1857
gisement1864
orientation1875
1864 Reader 9 Apr. 463/3 The main part of the evidence lies, of course, in the gisement of the vein.
1897 Archaeol. Jrnl. Dec. 333 Rows of relics arranged in cases, without regard to their gisement, are of no use for educational purposes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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