Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for A-GIST'MENT
A-GIST'A-GIST'OR, or A-GIST-A'TOR
A-GIST'MENT, n.
The taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forest, or on one's own land; also, the price paid for such feeding. It denotes also a burden, charge or tax. [In canon law, a modus, or composition. – Johnson, Qu.] – Cowel. Blackstone. Encyc.
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