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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

Gist

/(jĭst)/ · IPA /d͡ʒɪst/
01 n. A resting place.
  1. 1.
    A resting place.[Obs.]
    “These quails have their set gists; to wit, ordinary resting and baiting places.” Holland.
  2. 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.