*geste*

‖ [ F., prop., song of history. ] Any Old French epic poem having for its subject events or exploits of early French history, real or legendary, and written originally in assonant verse of ten or twelve syllables. The most famous one is the Chanson de Roland.

Langtoft had written in the ordinary measure of the later chansons de geste. Saintsbury. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. 1. (Bot.) Crowded together. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyperæmic; -- said of any part of the body. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a digested or well-arranged manner; methodically. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who digests. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A medicine or an article of food that aids digestion, or strengthens digestive power. [ 1913 Webster ]

Rice is . . . a great restorer of health, and a great digester. Sir W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To tell stories or gests. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. in- not + digested. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Not digested; undigested. “Indigested food.” Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude; as, an indigested array of facts. [ 1913 Webster ]

In hot reformations . . . the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested. Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Med.) (a) Not in a state suitable for healing; -- said of wounds. (b) Not ripened or suppurated; -- said of an abscess or its contents. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being undigested; crudeness. Bp. Burnet. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. taken into the stomach. [ Narrower terms: eaten (vs. uneaten) ] WordNet 1.5 ]