Definition of gest

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Gest (n.) A tale of achievements or adventures; a stock story.

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Digestive :: Digestive (a.) Pertaining to digestion; having the power to cause or promote digestion; as, the digestive ferments..
Stigma :: Stigma (v. t.) A red speck upon the skin, produced either by the extravasation of blood, as in the bloody sweat characteristic of certain varieties of religious ecstasy, or by capillary congestion, as in the case of drunkards..
Cardialgy :: Cardialgy (n.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion..
Concoction :: Concoction (n.) The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination.
Income :: Income (n.) That which is taken into the body as food; the ingesta; -- sometimes restricted to the nutritive, or digestible, portion of the food. See Food. Opposed to output..
Gesture :: Gesture (v. i.) To make gestures; to gesticulate.
Lotus :: Lotus (n.) An ornament much used in Egyptian architecture, generally asserted to have been suggested by the Egyptian water lily..
Metabolism :: Metabolism (n.) The act or process, by which living tissues or cells take up and convert into their own proper substance the nutritive material brought to them by the blood, or by which they transform their cell protoplasm into simpler substances, which are fitted either for excretion or for some special purpose, as in the manufacture of the digestive ferments. Hence, metabolism may be either constructive (anabolism), or destructive (katabolism)..
Peptic :: Peptic (n.) The digestive organs.
Gesticulatory :: Gesticulatory (a.) Representing by, or belonging to, gestures..
Ambreic :: Ambreic (a.) Of or pertaining to ambrein; -- said of a certain acid produced by digesting ambrein in nitric acid.
Rebus :: Rebus (n.) A pictorial suggestion on a coat of arms of the name of the person to whom it belongs. See Canting arms, under Canting..
Propeptone :: Propeptone (n.) A product of gastric digestion intermediate between albumin and peptone, identical with hemialbumose..
Persuade :: Persuade (v. t.) To convince by argument, or by reasons offered or suggested from reflection, etc.; to cause to believe..
Congest :: Congest (v. t. ) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.
Dendroc/la :: Dendroc/la (n. pl.) A division of the Turbellaria in which the digestive cavity gives off lateral branches, which are often divided into smaller branchlets..
Swing :: Swing (n.) Capacity of a turning lathe, as determined by the diameter of the largest object that can be turned in it..
Bile :: Bile (n.) A yellow, or greenish, viscid fluid, usually alkaline in reaction, secreted by the liver. It passes into the intestines, where it aids in the digestive process. Its characteristic constituents are the bile salts, and coloring matters..
Redaction :: Redaction (n.) The act of redacting; work produced by redacting; a digest.
Symbol :: Symbol (n.) A visible sign or representation of an idea; anything which suggests an idea or quality, or another thing, as by resemblance or by convention; an emblem; a representation; a type; a figure; as, the lion is the symbol of courage; the lamb is the symbol of meekness or patience..
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