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Definitions for: Gest
Webster (1913) Definition: Gest, n.
A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
Gest, n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]
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.
Gest, n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
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.
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