gest
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
[Obs.] --Chaucer. Spenser.
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4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]
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Through his heroic grace and honorable gest.
--Spenser.
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from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gest \Gest\, n. [Cf. {Gist} a resting place.]
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1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a
journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] --Kersey.
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2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal
progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
[Obs.] --Hanmer.
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from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
85 Moby Thesaurus words for "gest":
Marchen, Western, Western story, Westerner, accomplished fact,
accomplishment, achievement, act, acta, action, adventure,
adventure story, allegory, apologue, aristeia, bedtime story, blow,
bold stroke, coup, dealings, deed, detective story, doing, doings,
effort, emprise, endeavor, enterprise, exploit, fable, fabliau,
fairy tale, fait accompli, fantasy, feat, fiction, folk story,
folktale, ghost story, go, hand, handiwork, heroic act,
horse opera, job, legend, love story, maneuver, measure, move,
mystery, mystery story, myth, mythology, mythos, nursery tale,
operation, overt act, parable, passage, performance, proceeding,
production, res gestae, romance, science fiction, shocker,
space fiction, space opera, step, stroke, stunt, suspense story,
thing, thing done, thriller, tour de force, transaction, turn,
undertaking, venture, whodunit, work, work of fiction, works
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