4. Gesture; bearing; deportment. [Archaic] Through his heroic grace and honorable gest. Spenser.
GEST
Gest, n. Etym: [Cf. Gist a resting place.]
1. A stage in traveling; a stop for rest or lodging in a journey or progress; a rest. [Obs.] Kersey.
2. A roll recting the several stages arranged for a royal progress. Many of them are extant in the herald's office. [Obs.] Hanmer.
GESTANT
Ges"tant, a. Etym: [L. gestans, p. pr. of gestare.]
Defn: Bearing within; laden; burdened; pregnant. [R.] "Clouds gestant with heat." Mrs. Browning.
GESTATION Ges*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. gestatio a bearing, carrying, fr. gestare to bear, carry, intens. fr. gerere, gestum, to bear: cf. F. gestation. See Gest deed, Jest.]
1. The act of wearing (clothes or ornaments). [Obs.]
2. The act of carrying young in the womb from conception to delivery; pregnancy.
3. Exercise in which one is borne or carried, as on horseback, or in a carriage, without the exertion of his own powers; passive exercise. Dunglison.