Roost /(?)/

Roost

n.
  1. Roast. [Obs.]

Roost

v. t.
  1. See Roust, v. t.

Roost

n.
  1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch.
    He clapped his wings upon his roost.
  2. A collection of fowls roosting together.

Phrases & Compounds
At roost
on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest.

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.
  2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
    O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid, O, let me roost and nestle there.