Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Gest"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gest \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gest \Gest\, n.
A guest. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gest \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.
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