- Gest
- Gest Gest, n. [OF. geste exploit. See {Jest}.]
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1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an
adventure. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obs.] --Mede. [1913 Webster]
3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser. [1913 Webster]
4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] [1913 Webster]
Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.