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Pronunciation : Gest
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gest
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gest
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913