Bible Dictionaries
Roost
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
(2):
(n.) Roast.
(3):
(v. t.) See Roust, v. t.
(4):
(v. i.) To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
(5):
(v. i.) Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
(6):
(n.) A collection of fowls roosting together.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Roost'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/roost.html. 1828.