gest Meaning, Definition & Usage

Gest noun
Definitions
  1. A guest. Obs. Chaucer.
Gest noun
Etymology
OF. geste exploit. See Jest.
Definitions
  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 noun
Etymology
Cf. Gist a resting place.
Definitions
  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.

Webster 1913