Part 4812

<h1>Gise</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Agist</er>.]</ety> <def>To feed or pasture.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Gise</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gise</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Guise; manner.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gisle</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gis"le</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>g\'c6sel</ets>; akin to G. <ets>geisel</ets>, Icel. <ets>g\'c6sl</ets>.]</ety> <def>A pledge.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Bp. Gibson.</i>

<h1>Gismondine, Gismondite</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw><hw>Gis*mon"dine</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gis*mon"dite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From the name of the discoverer, <ets>Gismondi</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome.</def>

<h1>Gist</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gist</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>giste</ets> abode, lodgings, F. <ets>g\'8cte</ets>, fr. <ets>g\'82sir</ets> to lie, L. <ets>jac<?/re</ets>, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. <ets>jac</ets><?/<ets>re</ets> to throw. In the second sense fr. OF. <ets>gist</ets>, F. <ets>g\'8ct</ets>, 3d pers. sing. ind. of <ets>g\'82sir</ets> to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est l\'85 que <ets>g\'8ct</ets> le li\'8avre, it is there that the hare lies, <ets>i</ets>. <ets>e</ets>., that is the point, the difficulty. See <er>Jet</er> a shooting forth, and cf. <er>Agist</er>, <er>Joist</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, <er>Gest</er> a stage in traveling.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A resting place.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>These quails have their set <b>gists</b>; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. <i>Holland.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>The main point, as of a question; the point on which an action rests; the pith of a matter; <as>as, the <ex>gist</ex> of a question</as>.</def>

<h1>Git</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Git</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Founding)</fld> <def>See <er>Geat</er>.</def>

<h1>Gite</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A gown.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>She came often in a <b>gite</b> of red. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gith</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Gith</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prov. E., corn cockle; cf. W. <ets>gith</ets> corn cockle.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The corn cockle; also anciently applied to the <i>Nigella</i>, or fennel flower.</def>

<h1>Gittern</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Git"tern</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>giterne</ets>, OF. <ets>guiterne</ets>, ultimately from same source as E. <ets>guitar</ets>. See <er>Guitar</er>, and cf. <er>Cittern</er>.]</ety> <def>An instrument like a guitar.</def> "Harps, lutes, and <i>giternes</i>."

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Gittern</h1> <Xpage=627>

<hw>Git"tern</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To play on gittern.</def>

<i>Milton.</i>

<h1>Gittith</h1> <Xpage=627>