As a pronoun dest
is .
As a noun gest is
(obsolete) a gesture or action or
gest can be (obsolete) a stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
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gest English
Etymology 1
From (etyl) geste.
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A gesture or action.
* , II.ix:
- They did obeysaunce, as beseemed right, / And then againe returned to their restes: / The Porter eke to her did lout with humble gestes .
* , II.36:
- more Kings and Princes have written his gestes' and actions, than any other historians, of what quality soever, have registred the ' gests , or collected the actions of any other King or Prince that ever was.
(archaic) A story or adventure; a verse or prose romance.
- (Chaucer)
- (Spenser)
(archaic) An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony.
- (Mede)
(archaic) bearing; deportment
* Spenser
- through his heroic grace and honorable gest
Etymology 2
Compare gist a resting place.
Noun
( en noun)
(obsolete) A stage in travelling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey; a rest.
- (Kersey)
(obsolete) A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress.
- (Hanmer)
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