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Webster 1913 Edition


Gest

Gest

,
Noun.
A guest.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.

Gest

,
Noun.
[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

,
Noun.
[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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gest

GEST

,
Noun.
[L. gestum, from gero, to carry, to do.]
1.
A deed, action or achievement.
2.
Show; representation.
3.
A state in travelling; so much of a journey as is made without resting; or properly, a rest; a stop.
4.
A roll or journal of the several days and stages prefixed, in the journeys of the English kings, many of which are extant in the herald's office.