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. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ See Agist. ] To feed or pasture. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Guise; manner. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. gīsel; akin to G. geisel, Icel. gīsl. ] A pledge. [ Obs. ] Bp. Gibson.

{ } n. [ From the name of the discoverer, Gismondi. ] (Min.) A native hydrated silicate of alumina, lime, and potash, first noticed near Rome. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. gîte, fr. gésir to lie, L. jacēre, prop., to be thrown, hence, to lie, fr. jac&ebreve_;re 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. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]