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.
Roost , n. [AS. hrōst; 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 (?), v. t. See Roust, v. t.
Roost (?), n. Roast. [Obs.]
Chaucer.
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