† gistn.1
Obsolete.
1.
a. A stopping-place or lodging. Also plural a list of stopping-places or stages in a monarch's progress.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey
gist?c1225
mansiona1382
baiting1477
station1578
mansion place1584
manzil1619
night stop1787
gite1798
outspan1821
halting-place1826
stopping-place1827
stepping-stone1849
waypoint1860
landing-place1861
stop-off1869
stop-over1881
siding1896
half-way1897
sit-down1898
pull-up1899
the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [noun] > perching > perching or resting place > collectively
gist1528
society > travel > aspects of travel > a journey > [noun] > break in a journey > stopping-place on a journey > list of stopping-places
gist1528
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 258 He ne ed stont naut ase foles doð. ach..hiȝeð towart his giste.
13.. Geburt Jesu (Horstm.) 587 Oure ledi..leide him on awisp of hei; Þer was apore giste.
c1470 J. Hardyng Chron. ccxl. Add. st. (Harl.) I make you a kalende Of all the waie to Edenbourgth expres, And wher your giste ech nyght may well extend.
1528 Gardiner Let. to Wolsey (P.R.O.) I sende your Grace also the King's Gists.
1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. xxxviii. xli. 1009 From this giste they made but one daies journey to Apollonia.
1619 Visct. Doncaster Let. in S. R. Gardiner Lett. Relations Eng. & Germany (1865) 1st Ser. 144 According to the gistes I found there of King Ferdinand his coming on to the election [etc.].
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) at Giste Gists or Gests of the Queen's Progress, i.e. a Bill or Writing that contains the Names of the Towns or Houses where she intends to lie upon the Way.
b. said of birds and their halting-places.
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1545 G. Joye Expos. Daniel Ep. Ded. f. 2 The same sea that harboureth these fowles thus sytting vpon their egges, wil be so cawme and still to her geistis for .14. dayes, that men may sewerly sayl without perel vpon her.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. x. xxiii These Quailes have their set gists, to wit, ordinarie resting and baiting places.
2. ? Refreshment.
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the world > food and drink > food > [noun]
meateOE
eatOE
foodOE
fodderOE
dietc1230
gista1290
victual1303
victualsa1375
preya1382
feedinga1398
pasturea1398
viancea1400
viandsc1400
livingc1405
meatingc1425
vitalyc1440
vianda1450
cates1461
vivers1536
viandry1542
viander1543
gut-matter1549
peck1567
belly-cheer1579
appast1580
manchet1583
chat1584
belly-metal1590
repasture1598
cibaries1599
belly-timber1607
belly-cheat1608
peckage1610
victuallage1622
keeping1644
vivresa1650
crib1652
prog1655
grub1659
beef1661
fooding1663
teething1673
eatablea1687
sunket1686
yam1788
chow-chow1795
keep1801
feed1818
grubbing1819
patter1824
ninyam1826
nyam1828
grubbery1831
tack1834
kai1845
mungaree1846
scoff1846
foodstuff1847
chuck1850
muckamuck1852
tuck1857
tucker1858
hash1865
nosh1873
jock1879
cake flour1881
chow1886
nosebag1888
stodge1890
food aid1900
tackle1900
munga1907
scarf1932
grubber1959
a1290 Kindh. Jesu (Horstm.) 180 Þo dronk Marie..of þat welle..And Josep maude al so gret feste, More him likede þat ilke giste Þan ani flechs i sode oþur i rost.
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† gistn.2
Obsolete.
A right of pasture or ‘feed’ for cattle by payment or otherwise, agistment n.; (also) cattle set to pasture in this way. Also cow-gist.
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > tenure and rights > [noun] > rights
pannage1392
commonc1405
stint1437
agistmenta1450
intercommon1449
commonty1466
foggage1471
communitya1475
gist1493
commoning?a1509
arrentationc1540
wether gang1561
browsage1570
pasturage1572
feed1575
intercommoner1581
frankfold1609
broouage1610
fellow commoner1612
horsegate1619
frankfoldage1628
shack1629
tatha1641
retropannage1679
levancy and couchancya1691
commonance1701
stinter1701
horse-lease1721
stray1736
goose-gate1739
commonage1792
twinter1846
couchance1886
levance1886
sheep-stray1891
stintholder1894
1493 Will R. Drury in J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23 (1784) 119 Also I will that William my sone have all suche shepe as I have at geyst at my dethe.
1558 Scotter Manor Roll (N.W. Linc. Gloss.) Richarde Hollande hathe taken of straungers vj beas gyest in ye Lordes commene.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 125 Such beasts as are thus taken into any pasture to bee kept are (hereabouts) called geasters..and theire gates soe many severall jeasts.
a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 126 Her Nowtheards wage is xxs. in money, the milke of a Cowe, and a Cowe-geast.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jist, cattle taken to depasture at a stipulated price, from agist. Jist, to take cattle to grass.
Compounds
General attributive.
gist-cattle n. = gist-horses n.
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the world > animals > domestic animal > [noun] > livestock > allowed to feed by payment
gist-cattle1784
1784 J. Cullum Hist. & Antiq. Hawsted in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica No. 23. 119 Joist cattle..the cattle of other people taken to pasture at so much a week or month.
gist-horses n. animals agisted.
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1598 Scotter Manor Roll (N.W. Linc. Gloss.) De Thoma Easton quia cepit le giste-horses in commune pastura iijs. iiijd.
gist-money n. (see quot.).
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1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Gist money, the payment for pasturage of cattle that are agisted or fed at a stipulated price.
gist-taker n. = agister n.
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1626 H. Spelman Glossarium at Fenatio [says that the Eng. versions of Charta de Foresta mistranslate forestarii et viridarii by] Gyst-takers or walkers.
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gistn.3
/dʒɪst/, U.S. /dʒɪst/, West African English /dʒist/ 1. Law. The real ground or point (of an action, indictment, etc.).
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > action of courts in claims or grievances > [noun] > matter or point in question > real ground of an action
gist1711
α.
β. 1754 J. Strange Coll. Select Cases 128 Where the special Damage is the Gist of the Action, this sort of Evidence is allowed.1795 Christian in Blackstone's Comm. (1809) III. 140 The gît or foundation of the action is held to consist in the husband's loss of the comfort and society of his wife.1823 T. De Quincey tr. ‘F. Laun’ King of Hayti in London Mag. Nov. 517/2 The gite of the lawyer's reasoning.1711 5th Pt. Mod. Rep. 305 Because ’tis the very Gist of the Action.
1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. 333 These charges..are the points and very gist of the indictment.
1791 E. Burke Appeal New to Old Whigs 30 This is the great gist of the charge against him.
1835 P. Bingham New Cases Court Common Pleas 1 72 The gist of the action being the assault and battery.
1875 E. Poste tr. Gaius Institutionum Iuris Civilis (ed. 2) iv. 502 The gist (gîte) of the civil action of Condictio..was the increase of the defendant's fortune or patrimony by the reduction of the plaintiff's patrimony without any consideration or equivalent gain to the plaintiff.
2. The substance or pith of a matter, the essence or main part.
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the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > topic, subject-matter > [noun] > essential part
pointc1385
pithc1425
issue1553
extract1570
catch1600
hinge1638
punctuma1680
resa1732
jet1748
gist1820
bottom line1830
just it1862
crux1888
the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > meaning of linguistic unit > drift, tenor, purport > [noun] > gist
great1340
gist1820
flower1837
1820 London Lit. Gaz. 2 Dec. 783/3 Q.P. is widely mistaken in the gist of the letter he mentions.
1861 T. A. Trollope La Beata II. xii. 52 The gist of the fun is to demand the production of the green sprig..at the most..unexpected times.
1864 F. C. Bowen Treat. Logic xi. 363 The gist of the reasoning does not depend upon any Maxim or First Principle.
Draft additions December 2019
Nigerian English. Idle chat, gossip. Also: an instance of this, a rumour or piece of gossip.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip
jowl?c1225
trattle1513
tittle-tattle1570
tattle1583
clatter1596
street web1614
town talk1642
street-threada1661
clash1685
fetch-fire1784
street yarn1800
gossip1811
village gossip1847
Russian scandal1861
chopsing1879
cooze1880
reportage1881
skeet1900
scuttlebutt gossip1901
pussy-talk1937
mauvais languec1945
comess1970
he-say-she-say1972
gyaff1975
skinder1979
goss1985
gist1990
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > rumour > a piece of rumour
reportc1440
voice1463
some-say1589
buzz1612
huma1616
hearsaya1642
on dit1814
legend1858
latrine1917
latrinogram1944
gist1990
1990 Afr. Guardian 16 Apr. 5/2 The gist is only attractive when it is dirty.
1990 Afr. Concord 16 July 40/3 Some say they are merchants of the gossip business... Their standard fare: top gists about top guns.
2019 Nation (Nigeria) (Nexis) 19 Jan. I was at the high brow Ivory Health Club in Ikeja..catching up on old gist with two friends.
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gistv.1
/dʒʌɪst/ Obsolete exc. dialect.† 2. intransitive. Of cattle: To remain and feed for a specified time: = agist v. 3. Obsolete.
1. transitive. To take in or put out (cattle) to pasture at so much per head: = agist v. 2.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > agist
gist1483
joist1601
agist1702
tack1839
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > put to hired pasture
gist1483
joist1601
tack1839
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [verb (transitive)] > pasture > pasture for rent
gist1483
agist1598
joist1601
tack1839
1483 Cath. Angl. 157/1 To Giste, agistare.
1492 in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 103 A neighbour of myne..which geysted with two of your servants in Haywras x bests.
c1567 in Hist. Northumbld. (1899) V. 201 In the springe tyme..they have ther cattell jeasted in Shilbottell-wood.
1695 W. Kennett Parochial Antiq. Gloss. at Agistator Agister..to receive in cattel to be so pastur'd or gisted [etc.].
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 325 They are forced to..joist their sheeders in the spring.
1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) Jist, to take cattle to grass.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Gist, to agist, to pasture out cattle on hire.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > bos taurus or ox > [verb (intransitive)] > feed
gist1519
1519 in Surtees Misc. (1888) 33 For takynge viij swyn to gist, xijd.
1601 W. Fulbecke Parallele or Conf. Law i. 31 Whatsoeuer is gained by..the harrowing of horses, or the letting to gist of kine.
Derivatives
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the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > [adjective] > pasture > hired
agisted1792
gisted1794
1794 A. Pringle Gen. View Agric. Westmoreland 21 Every occupier of land..having it in his power to keep..cattle through the months of summer, upon joisted fields..at a cheap rate.
ˈgisting n.
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the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [noun] > agistment
gistment1511
agistment1537
joist1558
justment1597
agisting1598
agistation1686
agistage1691
gisement1695
gisting1829
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > animal keeping practices general > herding, pasturing, or confining > [noun] > action or occupation of pasturing > pasturing for rent
gistment1511
agistment1537
joist1558
justment rent1597
agisting1598
agistation1686
agistage1691
gisement1695
gisting1829
1829 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words (new ed.) Gisting, the feeding of cattle, which in some places are called gisements.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Gisting, the agistment of cattle.
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gistv.2
/dʒɪst/, U.S. /dʒɪst/, West African English /dʒist/ 1. transitive. To reduce (a text, document, etc.) to its essence or gist; to condense, summarize, or précis.
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1985 H. Kenner Poetry E. Pound (new ed.) Pref. 6 I gisted quotations onto little slips.
1991 C. Buckley Wet Work i. v. 42 He put a manila folder on the DA's desk. The DA looked at them blearily. ‘You want to gist them for me?’
2017 Times (Nexis) 29 June We invite the prime minister to publish the third direction—redacted, summarised or gisted as appropriate.
2. intransitive. Nigerian English. To chat, gossip. Cf. gist n.3 Additions.
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the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > chat
dallyc1300
confablec1450
crack1529
tattle1547
chat1551
confabulate1604
confab1741
prosea1764
parleyvoo1765
coze1818
yarn1819
cosher1833
to pass a good morning1835
small-talk1848
mardle1853
cooze1870
chinwag1879
rap1909
kibitz1923
to shoot the breeze1941
old-talk1956
ole-talk1971
gyaff1976
gist1992
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip
talea1225
talk1461
twittle1551
tattle1581
clasha1689
fetch-and-carry1770
gammer1788
chit-chat1821
rumour1832
nipper1840
coffee-house1861
cooze1870
chopse1879
skinder1942
scuttlebutt1945
to talk trash1947
gyaff1976
gist1992
tongue-wag-
1992 M. E. Ezekiel Windsongs 5 It was..one of those lazy afternoons, and we were all—us children, that is—gisting outside.
2017 Sun (Nigeria) (Nexis) 23 Dec. Traders gisted with one another to kill boredom.
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n.21493
n.31711v.11483v.21985- cardan joint
- cardan shaft
- cardan-jointed
- cardanic
- cardanic equation
- cardanic suspension
- cardanjointed
- cardboard
- cardboard city
- cardboard cutout
- cardboarder
- cardboardest
- cardboards
- cardboardy
- cardcarrying
- carde
- cardecu
- carded
- cardedge gilder
- cardend
- cardependent
- carder
- carder bee
- carders
- cardexchanging