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   Gest (?), n. A guest. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   Gest (?), n. [OF. geste exploit. See Jest.]
   
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   1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.]  Chaucer.
   
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   2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.]  Mede.
   
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   3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.]  Chaucer. Spenser.
   
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   4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]
   
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   Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser.
   
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   Gest (?), n. [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
   
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   1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.]  Kersey.
   
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   2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.]  Hanmer.
   
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