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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 questionWebster 1828 Edition
Gist
GIST
,Noun.