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Gest   Listen
noun
Gest  n.  
1.
Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. (Obs.)
2.
An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. (Obs.)
3.
A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. (Obs.)
4.
Gesture; bearing; deportment. (Archaic) "Through his heroic grace and honorable gest."





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"Gest" Quotes from Famous Books



... shouldn't hes'tate none to mention him as a top-sawyer among liars, the same bein' his constant boast an' brag. He accepts the term as embodyin' a compliment, an' the quick way to get his bristles up is to su'gest that his genius for mendac'ty ...
— Faro Nell and Her Friends - Wolfville Stories • Alfred Henry Lewis
... gentleman says, Billy, you dirty little gurnet," said David Bright on that occasion, "you've got to di-gest it, my lad, ...
— The Young Trawler • R.M. Ballantyne


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