Gest

Definition of Gest

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

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