Bible Dictionaries
Jest

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) Something done or said in order to amuse; a joke; a witticism; a jocose or sportive remark or phrase. See Synonyms under Jest, v. i.

(2):

(n.) A deed; an action; a gest.

(3):

(n.) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.

(4):

(v. i.) The object of laughter or sport; a laughingstock.

(5):

(v. i.) To take part in a merrymaking; - especially, to act in a mask or interlude.

(6):

(v. i.) To make merriment by words or actions; to joke; to make light of anything.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Jest'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​j/jest.html. 1828.