Gest1. (n.) A guest.
2. (n.) Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure.
3. (n.) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
4. (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.
5. (n.) Gesture; bearing; deportment.
6. (n.) A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest.
7. (n.) A roll of the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office.
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