Roost (?), n.
Roast.
[Obs.]
Chaucer.
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Roost (?), v. t.
See Roust, v. t.
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Roost, n. [AS. hrost; 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.
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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.
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