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haggister
† 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. Wor...
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haggiss
† haggess, haggiss Obs. [a. F. agace, agasse ‘a Pie, Piannet, or Magatapie’ (Cotgr.), in 13th c. also agache, Walloon aguèse, med.L. agasia, a. OHG. agazza pie, also OHG. agalstra (MHG. egelster, Ger. elster: see Kluge). Cf. also haggister pie, Du. aakster, ekster, MDu. aextre, extre, from ODu. and ...
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