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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 reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.]
      Hanmer.

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