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Roosts

roost

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. (herbert)

Origin: Roosted; Roosting.


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