roost

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

ROOST, noun The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night. He clapp'd his wings upon his roost At roost in a state for rest and sleep. ROOST, verb intransitive 1. To sit, rest or sleep, as fowls on a pole, tree or other thing at night. 2. To lodge, in burlesque.
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