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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Roost, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Roosted; p. pr. & vb. n. Roosting.]
 1. To sit, rest, or sleep, as fowls on a pole, limb of a tree, etc.; to perch.
 2. Fig.; To lodge; to rest; to sleep.
 O, let me where thy roof my soul hath hid,
 O, let me roost and nestle there.   --Herbert.