roosts

‖n.; pl. Proostraca [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; before + &unr_; shell of a testacean. ] (Zool.) The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Roast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Roust, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of fowls roosting together. [ 1913 Webster ]

At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [ U.S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Nor, when they [ the Skinners and Cow Boys ] wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W. Irving. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ So named after Dr. Gerard Troost, of Nashville, Tenn. ] (Min.) Willemite. [ 1913 Webster ]