GESTS

Noun

gests

plural of gest

Anagrams

• stegs

Proper noun

Gests

plural of Gest

Anagrams

• stegs

Source: Wiktionary


GEST

Gest, n.

Definition: A guest. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gest, n. Etym: [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. Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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