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[Jean-Joseph Cote]

>> agist, prep. downstream and across the river from. "The Walker
>>Plantation is agist the old dock."
>
> "This sounds familiar ... but I'm not biting." - Elliott

Perhaps because my "rantipole" definition (Dec '01) was:

> rantipole -  adj. - Located upstream and to one side; adv. - Diagonally
> against the current.  [from Gr. Rantipoulai, a treacherous ferry 
> crossing on the Aliakmon River] 

Jean-Joseph