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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gist \Gist\, n. [OF. giste abode, lodgings, F. g[^i]te, fr g['e]sir 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. g[^i]t, 3d pers. sing. ind. of g['e]sir to lie, used in a proverb, F., c'est l[`a] que g[^i]t le li[`e]vre, 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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gist n 1: the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work [syn: {effect}, {essence}, {burden}, {core}] 2: the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience: "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the nub of the story" [syn: {kernel}, {substance}, {core}, {center}, {essence}, {heart}, {inwardness}, {marrow}, {meat}, {nub}, {pith}, {sum}, {nitty-gritty}]
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