Both Uses
gist
in
A Great and Terrible Beauty
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- I can just make out the gist of it, something about the "scandalous secrets of girls' boarding schools!"†
Chpt 6 *
- The gist, yes.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(gist) the main point(s) of a more detailed matter
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In law, gist can refer to grounds for a legal action.