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ole or other support on which fowls rest at night; a perch. He clapped his wings upon his roost. Dryden.

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

estic fowl; a cock. [U.S.] Nor, when they [the Skinners and Cow Boys] wrung the neck of a rooster, did they trouble their heads whether he crowed for Congress or King George. W. Irving.

A place where hens roost.

The anterior prolongation of the guard of the phragmocone of belemnites and allied fossil cephalopods, whether horny or calcareous. See Illust. of Phragmocone.

Willemite.

To drive from the roost. Shak.

rds at night, by holding a torch or other light, and beating the bush or perch where they roost. The birds, flying to the light, are caught with nets or otherwise.

A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Actæa, plants of the Crowfoot family.

riest shall write these curses in a book. Num. v. 23. Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Old Proverb.

A pole; a long staff; a rod; esp., a pole or other support for fowls to roost on or to rest on; a roost; figuratively, any elevated resting place or seat. As chauntecleer among his wives all Sat on his perche, that was in his hall. Chaucer. Not making his high place the lawless perch Of winged ambitions. Tennyson.…

which has been roasted, or is suitable for being roasted. A fat swan loved he best of any roost [roast]. Chaucer. To rule the roast, to be at the head of affairs. "The new-made duke that rules the roast." Shak.

A strong tide or current, especially in a narrow channel. [Written also rost, and roost.] Jamieson.

inc, usually occurring massive and of a greenish yellow color, also in reddish crystals (troostite) containing manganese.