Agist
Pronunciation : A*gist"
Part of Speech : v. t.
Etymology : [OF. agister; ? (L. ad) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. g?te, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jac to lie: cf. LL. agistare, adgistare. See Gist.] (Law)
Definition : Defn: To take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; -- used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same. Blackstone.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913