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Agistment [fr. jacere,:at.; gesir, Fr., to lie, whence giste, a lodging], the taking in of other men's cattle into pasture-land, at a certain rate per week, without letting them the land for their exclusive use as tenants; so called because the cattle are suffered agiser, i.e., to be levant et couchant there. Also the profit of such feeding. As to the extent to which the 'agister' is liable for negligence in the keeping of the cattle, see Halestrap v. Gregory, (1895) 1 QB 561. A restriction upon the power of distraining agisted cattle (in some parts of the country called 'tacks') for rent is imposed by s. 35 of the Agricultural Holdings Act, 1923. See also Manwood's Forest Laws, cc. 11-80, where to 'agist' is to take in and feed strangers' cattle in the Royal Forest and to collect the money due for it. Agistment does not include a right of lien, Chapman v. Allen, 1631 Cro Car 271.Agistment of sea banks [terr' agitat', Lat.] is where lands are charged with a tribute to keep out the sea....
Soil
To feed as cattle or horses in the barn or an inclosure with fresh grass or green food cut for them instead of sending them out to pasture hence such food having the effect of purging them to purge by feeding on green food as to soil a horse...
Snail
Any one of numerous species of terrestrial air breathing gastropods belonging to the genus Helix and many allied genera of the family Helicidaelig They are abundant in nearly all parts of the world except the arctic regions and feed almost entirely on vegetation a land snail...
Sea snake
Any one of many species of venomous aquatic snakes of the family Hydrophidaelig having a flattened tail and living entirely in the sea especially in the warmer parts of the Indian and Pacific Oceans They feed upon fishes and are mostly of moderate size but some species become eight or ten feet long and four inches broad...
Economiser
Economiser, means any part of a feed-pipe that is wholly or partially exposed to the action of flue gases for the purpose of recovery of waste heat. [Indian Boilers Act, 1923 (5 of 1923), s. 2 (cc)]...
Sea duck
Any one of numerous species of ducks which frequent the seacoasts and feed mainly on fishes and mollusks The scoters eiders old squaw and ruddy duck are examples They may be distinguished by the lobate hind toe...
Saprophagan
One of a tribe of beetles which feed upon decaying animal and vegetable substances a carrion beetle...
Roseworm
The larva of any one of several species of lepidopterous insects which feed upon the leaves buds or blossoms of the rose especially Cacaeligcia rosaceana which rolls up the leaves for a nest and devours both the leaves and buds...
Red dog
The lowest grade of flour in milling It is dark and of little expansive power is secured largely from the germ or embryo and adjacent parts and contains a relatively high percentage of protein It is chiefly useful as feed for farm animals...
Provender
Dry food for domestic animals as hay straw corn oats or a mixture of ground grain feed...
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