Gisarm
(Gis*arm") n. [OF. gisarme, guisarme.] (Mediæval Armor) A weapon with a scythe-shaped
blade, and a separate long sharp point, mounted on a long staff and carried by foot soldiers.
Gise
(Gise) v. t. [See Agist.] To feed or pasture. [Obs.]
Gise
(Gise) n. Guise; manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Gisle
(Gis"le) n. [AS. gisel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. gisl.] A pledge. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.
Gismondine
(Gis*mon"dine Gis*mon"dite) n. [From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi.] (Min.) A
native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.
Gist
(Gist) n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gîte, fr. gésir to lie, L. jacre, prop., to be thrown, hence, to
lie, fr. jacre 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, n., 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.
Git
(Git) n. (Founding) See Geat.
