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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gest, n.² [Var. of Geist n.] A joist. (Cf. Jest n.) 1375 Barb. xvii. 597.
Of gret gestis ane sow thai maid c1420 Wynt. viii. 4748.
It hyt the towre a mery strak, That the mast gest off that towre brak 1482 Edinb. Chart. 168.
Of ilk hundreth burdis, gestis, tres,. plankis, and siclike gudis 1492 Acta Conc. 248/2.
The wrangwis detentioune … of xl gestis … and xxxv plankis 1506 Glasgow Dioc. Reg. II. 152.
The gest at the siloure standis in to be. graithit be him with tua frontellis, ane on ilk syde of the gest 1513 Doug. ii. viii. 119.
The prowd gestis and durris gilt with gold Ib. v. xii. 160; etc.
Plankis and gestis gret … Into thar schippis jonand 1530 M. Works Acc. I. 44.
To the sauaris for xix drauchtis of the cuttis of the lang gestis that ves. cuttit for gestis to the roundis 1557–8 Inverness B. Rec. I. 18.
Ane akyn gest of xvj fut lang and ane fut brod a1597-1617 Hist. Jas. VI. (1804) 173.
Certane gritt gestis of aike c1650 Spalding I. 341.
Hamptoun, … violentlie spolȝeit Williame Scottishous … of daillis, gestis, and other fyn tymber