גָּזִית, hewn stone; wall of squared stones. B. Bath. I, 1, contrad. to גְּוִיל. B. Mets. 117ᵇ; a. fr.—לשכת הג׳ the cell of Gazith, name of a Temple compartment, the seat of the Great Sanedrin. Midd. V, 4; a. fr.—Trnsf. אבן ג׳ (squared stone), a plain interpreter of Bible texts (Midrash). Ab. d’R. N. ch. XXVIII; 2ᵈ vers. ch. XLVI.