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Definition of Roosting
1. roost [v] - See also: roost
Lexicographical Neighbors of Roosting
Literary usage of Roosting
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Principles and Practice of Poultry Culture by John Henry Robinson (1912)
"When kept clean, droppings boards add enormously to the work of caring for
poultry,1 without contributing any measurable benefit. roosting closets ..."
2. The American Sportsman: Containing Hints to Sportsmen, Notes on Shooting by Elisha Jarrett Lewis, George G. White (1863)
"... AND roosting. Prairie-chickens resort to their feeding-ground at a very early
hour of the day, and retire towards noon to preen and dust themselves in ..."
3. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1876)
"Nighthawk Chordeiles virginianus), roosting on Flag-pole.— Beginning in early
May a few of these birds could be seen in the evenings flying about over ..."
4. The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting by Edward Avery McIlhenny, Charles L. Jordan, Robert Wilson Shufeldt (1914)
"CHAPTER IX HABITS OF ASSOCIATION AND roosting ATER obtaining a supply of food,
the wild turkeys become moody and careless, lounging about the sunny slopes ..."
5. The Wild Turkey and Its Hunting by Edward Avery McIlhenny, Charles L. Jordan, Robert Wilson Shufeldt (1914)
"CHAPTER IX HABITS OF ASSOCIATION AND roosting ATER obtaining a supply of food,
the wild turkeys become moody and careless, lounging about the sunny slopes ..."
6. Annals of the Artists of Spain by William Stirling Maxwell (1848)
"By the negligence or knavery of the guardian-guild, its property had dwindled to
nothing, the fabric was a mouldering ruin, and the church a roosting-place ..."
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