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Girt"line` (?), n. (Naut.) A gantline.

Hammock girtline, a line rigged for hanging out hammocks to dry.

Gis*arm" (?), n. [OF. gisarme, guisarme.] (MediÊval 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 (?), v. t. [See Agist.] To feed or pasture. [Obs.]

Gise (?), n. Guise; manner. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gis"le (?), n. [AS. gsel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. gsl.] A pledge. [Obs.] Bp. Gibson.

{ 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 (?), n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gÓte, fr. gÈsir to lie, L. jac&?;re, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jac&?;re to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. gist, F. gÓt, 3d pers. sing. ind. of gÈsir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est l‡ que gÓt le liËvre, 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 (?), n. (Founding) See Geat.

Gite (?), n. A gown. [Obs.]

She came often in a gite of red.

Chaucer.

Gith (?), n. [Prov. E., corn cockle; cf. W. gith corn cockle.] (Bot.) The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the Nigella, or fennel flower.

Git"tern (?), n. [OE. giterne, OF. guiterne, ultimately from same source as E. guitar. See Guitar, and cf. Cittern.] An instrument like a guitar. "Harps, lutes, and giternes." Chaucer.

Git"tern, v. i. To play on gittern. Milton.

Git"tith (?), n. [Heb.] A musical instrument, of unknown character, supposed by some to have been used by the people of Gath, and thence obtained by David. It is mentioned in the title of Psalms viii., lxxxi., and lxxxiv. Dr. W. Smith.

Giust (jst), n. [Obs.] Same as Joust. Spenser.

||Gius"to (?), a. [It., fr. L. justus. See Just, a.] (Mus.) In just, ||correct, or suitable time.

Give (gv), v. t. [imp. Gave (gv); p. p. Given (gv"'n); p. pr. & vb. n. Giving.] [OE. given, yiven, yeven, AS. gifan, giefan; akin to D. geven, OS. gean, OHG. geban, G. geben, Icel. gefa, Sw. gifva, Dan. give, Goth. giban. Cf. Gift, n.] 1. To bestow without receiving a return; to confer without compensation; to impart, as a possession; to grant, as authority or permission; to yield up or allow.

For generous lords had rather give than pay.

Young.

2. To yield possesion of; to deliver over, as property, in exchange for something; to pay; as, we give the value of what we buy.

What shall a man give in exchange for his soul ?

Matt. xvi. 26.

3. To yield; to furnish; to produce; to emit; as, flint and steel give sparks.