† haggister Obs. or dial.
Also 7 hagester, 8 -ister.
[Cognate with Du. aakster, MDu. aextre, OLG. agastria magpie: see haggess.]
A local name of the magpie.
| 1584 R. Scott Discov. Witchcr. iv. viii. (1886) 65 The eating of a haggister or pie helpeth one bewitched in that member. 1674 Ray S. & E.C. Words 68 Hagester, a Magpie. Kent. 1802 G. Montagu Ornith. Dict. (1833), Hagister, a name for the Magpie. [1847–78 in Halliwell.] |