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1 gestura [AN gesture] 1 personal bearing, manner. queque antiqua ‥ honesta ‥ in actibus, ~is, et locutionibus sinistre pervertentes J. Reading 186b; s1399 in ‥ turri ubi rex Ricardus in custodia fuerat ipsius cene presencium notator interfuit modum et ~am explorando per ‥ Wyllelmum B., ad hoc specialiter inductus Ad. Usk 30; regnorum Anglie et Francie nobilitates, modos et ~as ‥ videre desiderat Ps.-Elmh. Hen. V 31. 2 (leg.) conduct, behaviour. 1297 Margeria ate W. invenit plegios de bona ~a CourtR Hales 362; 1378 manuceperunt Johannem de O. ‥ de bona ~a erga regem Rec. Leic. II 176; 14‥ si ‥ fuerit bone et honeste ~e et condicionis Cust. Fordwich 13; 1494 de inhonesta ~a et indecente colloquio habito cum honesta muliere Reg. Merton 186; a1564 cum predictus W. ‥ honestarum conversationis, ~e, et conditionis fuerit ‥ predictus P . ‥ dixit ‥ hec verba “thou art a thiefe” Entries 12b.
2 gestura v. gistura

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