Hypertext Webster Gateway: "roost"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roost \Roost\, v. t.
See {Roust}, v. t.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roost \Roost\, n.
Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[=o]st; akin to OD. roest roost,
roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. {Roof}.]
1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a
perch.
He clapped his wings upon his roost. --Dryden.
2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
{At roost}, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roost \Roost\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Roosted}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Roosting}.]
1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a
tree, etc.; to perch. --Wordsworth.
2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me
roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.]
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
[Written also {rost}, and {roost}.] --Jamieson.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
roost
n 1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
v 1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the treee"
[syn: {perch}, {rest}]
2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost
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