What is the pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden called?
roost — The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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