Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Gest

Gest , noun

A guest. [Obsolete] — Chaucer

Gest , noun

[Old French geste exploit. See Jest.]

1.
Something done or achieved; a deed or an action; an adventure. [Obsolete] — Chaucer
2.
An action represented in sports, plays, or on the stage; show; ceremony. [Obsolete] — Mede
3.
A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story. [Obsolete] — Chaucer. Spenser
4.
Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic]
Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. — Spenser

Gest , noun

[Compare Gist a resting place.]

1.
A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obsolete] — Kersey
2.
A roll reciting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obsolete] — Hanmer