gist (3), giste (2)

[O. Fr. giste a lodging place, a resting-place; gésir = to lie; third pers. sing. pr. indic. gist (Fr. git ); Lat, jaceo =to lie.] *1. A lodging-place; a resting-place. 2. The e ence or main point of a question, the substance or pith of a matter. *ģīte, s. [Fr.; O. Fr.giste.] [GIST.] 1. A sleeping-place; a lodging-place. 2. A gown; a dre ; a covering. gith, s. [Wel.] Bot .: A provincial English name for the Corncockle, Agrostemma githago or Githago segetum. gi-tha-gō, s . [From Wel.gith the corncockle.) Bot.: A genus of Caryophyllacese, tribe Silenee. Calyx coriaceous, with foliaceous teeth, petals without scales at the base of the blade, entire. Styles and carpels opposite the sepals. Known species one, viz., Githago segetum , generally called Agrostemma githago , the Corncockle, common in English cornfields, but according to Watson, a colonist. The flowers are large, purple, and resemble those of the Red Campion ( Lychnis diurna ). *git-on, *get-on, *gyt-one, s. [O. Fr. giudon .] IMG:content-0475.png:[blocks in formation] girt, pa. par. or a. [GIRD (2), v.] 1. Ord . Lang .: Girded, bound. 2. Naut .: Applied to a ve el when she is moored and her cables so taut as to prevent her swinging to the wind or tide. girt, v. t. [GIRT, pa. par.] 1. To gird, to encircle, to surround. 2. To girth; to measure the girth of. known tune, to which the Psalm could be sung. Various other explanations have been offered. The form Gitteth is an error. IMG:content-0476.png:[blocks in formation] Naut .: A whip-purchase, depending from a lower mast head, and used in hoisting the rigging and gear of a mast. *girth, v . t . [GIRTH, 8.] To bind, as with a girth.