hest
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of hest
before 1150; Middle English hest ( e ), Old English hǣs; akin to hātan to bid
Example Sentences
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I am convinced that a sufficient number of supporters of the idea will be found in the United States to erect a tomb where his body may hest throughout the years.
From Time Magazine Archive
Americana is the day's rage, but the hest of it needs no rewriting.
From Time Magazine Archive
The teaching of the old Loyalist's life was the eternal teaching of the stars: Like as a star That maketh not haste, That taketh not rest, Let each be fulfilling His God-given hest.
From The Tribune of Nova Scotia A Chronicle of Joseph Howe by Grant, W. L. (William Lawson)
Though John Brown’s body lay beneath the sod, His soul released the winds and loosed the flood: The Nation wrought his will as hest of God, And her bloodguiltiness atoned with blood.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 92, July, 1897 by Various
In a weak and toneless voice she kept on telling them to do as they thought hest.
From The Manxman A Novel - 1895 by Caine, Hall, Sir
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