'Gest' definitions:

Definition of 'Gest'

From: GCIDE
  • Gest \Gest\, n. A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gest'

From: GCIDE
  • Gest \Gest\, n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] --Mede. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
  • Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Gest'

From: GCIDE
  • Gest \Gest\, n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] --Hanmer. [1913 Webster]

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