6  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roost  \Roost\,  v.  t. 
  See  {Roust},  v.  t. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roost  \Roost\,  n. 
  Roast.  [Obs.]  --Chaucer. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roost  \Roost\,  n.  [AS.  hr[=o]st;  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roost  \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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Roust  \Roust\,  n.  [Cf.  Icel.  r["o]st  an  estuary.] 
  A  strong  tide  or  current,  especially  in  a  narrow  channel. 
  [Written  also  {rost},  and  {roost}.]  --Jamieson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  roost 
  n  1:  a  shelter  with  perches  for  fowl  or  other  birds 
  2:  a  perch  on  which  domestic  fowl  rest  or  sleep 
  v  1:  sit  as  on  a  branch;  "The  birds  perched  high  in  the  treee" 
  [syn:  {perch},  {rest}] 
  2:  settle  down  or  stay,  as  if  on  a  roost 

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