I. transitive verb
( -ed/-ing/-s )
Etymology: Middle English gasten, from gast, gost soul, spirit, ghost — more at ghost
obsolete : scare
gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled — Shakespeare
II. ˈgȧst noun
( -s )
Scotland : a state of fright or alarm
III. adjective
Etymology: akin to Old Frisian gêst, gâst high, dry, barren, Middle Low German gēst high dry land near the sea, Old Swedish gistiun cracked open from dryness, and perhaps to Old English geonian to yawn — more at yawn
dialect England : barren — used of a domestic animal