obs. and dial. ff. GIST sb.2, agistment. [As to the oi from i, see prec.]
1558. Nottingham Bor. Rec. (1889), IV. 118. For pyche to merke kye with all, at the first joyest taken in-to the Cow-pasture.
1621. Naworth Househ. Bk. (Surtees), 158. Rec. of Henry Wilson for joyse cattle at Mosedall, xxli.
1854. Jrnl. R. Agric. Soc., XV. I. 234. The farmers keep no sheep, but a man called a ‘joist’ shepherd brings his flock, and has the run of the stubbles and other food.
