Roost
Pronunciation : Roost
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: Roast. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Roost
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: See Roust, v. t.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Roost
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. hrost; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof.]
Definition : 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Roost
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.
i. [imp. & p. p. Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roosting.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913