Category:Roost

Roost, n.

Defn: roast. [obs.] Chaucer.

Roost Roost, v. t.

Defn: see roust, v. t.

Roost Roost, n. Etym: [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.

Roost 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.