Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GEST, n. [L. gestum, from gero, to carry, to do.]

1. A deed, action or achievement. [Obs.] Spenser.
2. Show; representation. [Obs.]
3. [Fr. gîte, for giste, from gesir, to lie.] A stage in traveling; so much of a journey as is made without resting; or properly, a rest; a stop. [Obs.] Brown.
4. A roll or journal of the several days and stages prefixed, in the journeys of the English kings, many of which are extant in the herald's office. Hanmer.