D defs.my
Entry 7 senses · 3 variants Webster, 1913

Gest

/jĕst/ · IPA /d͡ʒɛst/
01 n. A guest.
  1. 1.
    A guest.[Obs.]
02 n. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
  1. 1.
    Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.[Obs.]
  3. 3.
    A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.[Obs.]
  4. 4.
    Gesture; bearing; deportment.[Archaic]
    “Through his heroic grace and honorable gest.” Spenser.
03 n. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
  1. 1.
    A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.[Obs.]