What does "gest" mean?
Gest: Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] Mede.
- 3.A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] Chaucer. Spenser.
- 4.Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser.
- 5.A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.
- 6.A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] Hanmer.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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