2. Verb. (third-person singular of roost) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roosts
1. roost [v] - See also: roost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roosts
Literary usage of Roosts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Small Farm Buildings of Concrete: A Booklet of Practical Information for the by Universal Portland Cement Company (1914)
"roosts. A simple wooden ladder will serve as an approach to the roosts. ...
The roosts are made of 2x2-inch wooden strips which fit into 2x2-inch pockets in ..."
2. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"The space between the platform and the roosts is about eight or ten inches. ...
As the roosts are usually placed, the space that they occupy may be ..."
3. Our First Century: Being a Popular Descriptive Portraiture of the One by Richard Miller Devens (1876)
"The Herds Retire to their Stalls, the Fowls to their roosts, and the Birds Sing
their Evening Songs at Noonday.— Science at Loss to Account for the ..."
4. Sword and Pen; Or, Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier ... in War and by John Algernon Owens (1883)
"War upon hen-roosts.—A bit of unpublished history.— A fierce fight with Hampton's
cavalry.—'In one red burial blent."—From camp to home. ..."
5. Sword and Pen ; Or, Ventures and Adventures of Willard Glazier ... in War by John Algernon Owens (1881)
""What boots a weapon in a withered hand?"—A thunderbolt wasted.—War upon
hen-roosts.—A bit of unpublished history.— A fierce fight with Hampton's cavalry. ..."
6. First Lessons in Poultry Keeping: First Year Course by John H. Robinson (1905)
"An inch board will answer for short roosts, or for roosts for light fowls up to
about 8-foot lengths. For heavy fowls a roost 8 ft. long and 4 In. wide ..."
7. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"... out an arm of succour to it above the abyss, and there, perhaps, it still
roosts ; and elsewhere, perhaps, its author is pursuing other flights. ..."
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