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roosting |
1 definition found 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.
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