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Webster 1913 Edition

Gist

Gist

(jĭst)
,
Noun.
[OF.
giste
abode, lodgings, F.
gîte
, fr.
gésir
to lie, L.
jacēre
, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr.
jacĕre
to throw. In the second sense fr. OF.
gist
, F.
gît
, 3d pers. sing. ind. of
gésir
to lie, used in a proverb, F., c’est là que
gît
le lièvre, it is there that the hare lies, i. e., that is the point, the difficulty. See
Jet
a shooting forth, and cf.
Agist
,
Joist
,
Noun.
,
Gest
a stage in traveling.]
1.
A resting place.
[Obs.]
These quails have their set
gists
; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.
Holland.
2.
The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter;
as, the
gist
of a question
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gist

GIST

,
Noun.
In law,the main point of a question; the point on which an action rests.

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