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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
roost1

▶noun a place where birds regularly settle to rest at night, or where bats congregate to rest in the day. ▶verb (of a bird or bat) settle or congregate for rest.

– origin OE hrōst; of unknown ultimate origin.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
roost2

▶noun (in the Orkneys and Shetlands) a tidal race.

– origin C17: from ON rǫst.

'roost' also found in these Oxford entries:

gullery - rule

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