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v. t. [ OF. agister; à (L. ad) + gister to assign a lodging, fr. giste lodging, abode, F. gîte, LL. gistum, gista, fr. L. jacitum, p. p. of jac&unr_;re to lie: cf. LL. agistare, adgistare. See Gist. ] (Law) 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. ] See Agister. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. agistement. See Agist. ] (Law) (a) Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men's cattle in the king's forests. (b) The taking in by any one of other men's cattle to graze at a certain rate. Mozley & W. (c) The price paid for such feeding. (d) A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } 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 guest-taker. (b) Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed or engaged in agriology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in agrostology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One learned about algæ; a student of algology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a physician skilled in the diagnosis and treatment of allergies. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who reasons from analogy, or represent, by analogy. Cheyne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who compiles an anthology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in anthropology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + magistrical for magistratical. ] Opposed to the office or authority of magistrates. [ Obs. ] South. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An opposer of the theory of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. (Chem.) Opposed to the doctrine of phlogiston. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Counteracting inflammation. See also anti-inflammatory. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Med.) Any medicine or diet which tends to check inflammation. Coxe. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; not inflammable; 'a priv. + &unr_; set on fire. See Phlogiston. ] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without flame. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. apis bee + -logist (see -logy). ] A student of bees. [ R. ] Emerson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. F. apologiste. ] One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. apanagiste. ] A prince to whom an appanage has been granted. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in archæology; an antiquary. Wright. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
Syn. -- archaeologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. See Areopagite. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in Assyriology; a student of Assyrian archæology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who is versed in atmology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in bacteriology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who battologizes. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A bookbinder. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Pertaining to the art of binding books. [ R. ] Dibdin. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A student of biology; one versed in the science of biology. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. of or pertaining to biologism. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One versed in the science of foods. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in bryology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology. [ 1913 Webster ]

. A device for recording the amount of cash received, usually having an automatic adding machine and a money drawer and exhibiting the amount of the sale. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. One versed in cetology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ Gr. &unr_;. ] A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology. [ 1913 Webster ]

That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ]

THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ n., } n. See Conchologist, and Conchology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. an expert in the use of cosmetics. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One versed in crustalogy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who explains the decalogue. J. Gregory. [ 1913 Webster ]