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   Roost , n. Roast. [Obs.]
   Chaucer.
   
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   Roost , v. t. See Roust, v. t.
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   Roost, n. [AS. hrōst; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof.  Cf. Roof.]
   The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
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   He clapped his wings upon his roost.
   Dryden.
   
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   A collection of fowls roosting together.
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   At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
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   Roost, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roosting.]
   To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
   Wordsworth.
   
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   Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
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   O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
   O, let me roost and nestle there.
   Herbert.
   
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   Roust, n. [Cf. Icel. röst an estuary.] A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost, and roost.]
   Jamieson.
   
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