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roost |
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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