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\Gest\, n.
A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


\Gest\, n. [OF. geste exploit. See {Jest}.]
1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an
   adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

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.


\Gest\, n. [Cf. {Gist} a resting place.]
1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a
   journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey.

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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