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ROOSTING
Verb
roosting
present participle of roost
Noun
roosting (plural roostings)
The place or period where a creature roosts.
Anagrams
• rootings, stooring
Source: Wiktionary
ROOST
Roost, n.
Definition: Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Roost, v. t.
Definition: See Roust, v. t.
Roost, n. Etym: [AS. hrost; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.]
1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together. At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
Roost, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roosting.]
1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch. Wordsworth.
2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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