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v. t. & i. To guess. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ It., chalk, plaster. ] 1. Plaster of Paris, or gypsum, esp. as prepared for use in painting, or in making bas-reliefs and the like; by extension, a plasterlike or pasty material spread upon a surface to fit it for painting or gilding, or a surface so prepared. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A work of art done in gesso. [ Obs. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖ [ It., hard plaster. ] A variety of gesso which when dried becomes hard and durable, often used in making bas-relief casts, which are colored and mounted in elaborate frames. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. [ OF. geste exploit. See Jest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [ Obs. ] Mede. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [ Archaic ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A guest. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. Gist a resting place. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [ Obs. ] Kersey. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [ Obs. ] Hanmer. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. gestans, p. pr. of gestare. ] Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [ R. ] “Clouds gestant with heat.” Mrs. Browning. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison. [ 1913 Webster ]