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roost
(encz) | roost,hejno n: Zdeněk Brož |
roost
(encz) | roost,hřad n: Zdeněk Brož |
roost
(encz) | roost,přenocovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
roost
(gcide) | Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.]
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
[Written also rost, and roost.] --Jamieson.
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Roost
(gcide) | Roost \Roost\, n.
Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Roost
(gcide) | Roost \Roost\, v. t.
See Roust, v. t.
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Roost
(gcide) | Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[=o]st; 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.
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He clapped his wings upon his roost. --Dryden.
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2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
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At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
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Roost
(gcide) | Roost \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.
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2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
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O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
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roost
(wn) | roost
n 1: a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
2: a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
v 1: sit, as on a branch; "The birds perched high in the tree"
[syn: perch, roost, rest]
2: settle down or stay, as if on a roost |
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rooster
(mass) | rooster
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bet on a lame rooster
(encz) | bet on a lame rooster,vsadit na outsidera n: Zdeněk Brož |
chickens come home to roost
(encz) | chickens come home to roost, |
hell-rooster
(encz) | hell-rooster, n: |
henroost
(encz) | henroost, n: |
rooster
(encz) | rooster,kohout Jaroslav Šedivý |
At roost
(gcide) | Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[=o]st; 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.
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He clapped his wings upon his roost. --Dryden.
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2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
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At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
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Henroost
(gcide) | Henroost \Hen"roost`\, n.
A place where hens roost.
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Proostraca
(gcide) | Proostracum \Pro*["o]s"tra*cum\, n.; pl. Proostraca. [NL., fr.
Gr. ? before + ? 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.
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Proostracum
(gcide) | Proostracum \Pro*["o]s"tra*cum\, n.; pl. Proostraca. [NL., fr.
Gr. ? before + ? 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.
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Roost
(gcide) | Roust \Roust\, n. [Cf. Icel. r["o]st an estuary.]
A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel.
[Written also rost, and roost.] --Jamieson.
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Roast. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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See Roust, v. t.
[1913 Webster]Roost \Roost\, n. [AS. hr[=o]st; 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.
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He clapped his wings upon his roost. --Dryden.
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2. A collection of fowls roosting together.
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At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.
[1913 Webster]Roost \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.
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2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
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O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
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Roostcock
(gcide) | Roostcock \Roost"cock`\, n.
The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [Prov. Eng.]
--Halliwell.
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Roosted
(gcide) | Roost \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.
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2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
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O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
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Rooster
(gcide) | Rooster \Roost"er\, n.
The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [U.S.]
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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.
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Roosting
(gcide) | Roost \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.
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2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
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O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. --Herbert.
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Troostite
(gcide) | Troostite \Troost"ite\, n. [So named after Dr. Gerard Troost, of
Nashville, Tenn.] (Min.)
Willemite.
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Unroost
(gcide) | Unroost \Un*roost"\, v. t. [1st pref. un- + roost.]
To drive from the roost. --Shak.
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hell-rooster
(wn) | hell-rooster
n 1: someone who is a very fierce fighter [syn: hell-kite,
hell-rooster, gamecock] |
henroost
(wn) | henroost
n 1: a roost for hens at night |
rooster
(wn) | rooster
n 1: adult male chicken [syn: cock, rooster] |
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