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Gest
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Part of speech: noun (n.)
A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] Mede.
3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.
2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] Hanmer.