roos

n. Roast. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. See Roust, v. t. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ AS. hrōst; akin to OD. roest roost, roesten to roost, and probably to E. roof. Cf. Roof. ] 1. The pole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. [ 1913 Webster ]

He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A collection of fowls roosting together. [ 1913 Webster ]

At roost, on a perch or roost; hence, retired to rest. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep. [ 1913 Webster ]

O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
O, let me roost and nestle there. Herbert. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The male of the domestic fowl; a cock. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]