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Roast.

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  1. n. Roast.
  2. v. t. See Roust, v. t.
  3. n. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
  4. n. A collection of fowls roosting together.
  5. v. i. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
  6. v. i. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
  7. n. a shelter with perches for fowl or other birds
  8. n. a perch on which domestic fowl rest or sleep
  9. v. sit, as on a branch
  10. v. settle down or stay, as if on a roost