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• a variation of cist.

kist

American  

[kist] / kɪst /

noun

Scot. and North England.

1. a coffer; a money chest.

2. any chestlike container; a box, trunk, or basket.

3. a coffin, especially a stone one; a sarcophagus.

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kist ¹ British  

/ kɪst /

noun

1. a large chest or coffer

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kist ² British  

/ kɪst /

noun

1. archaeol a variant spelling of cist 2

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kist ³ British  

/ kɪst /

noun

1. a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride's trousseau

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Etymology

Origin of kist

1300–50; Middle English kiste < Old Norse kista chest

Example Sentences

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kist

Brebbia, activated from the 60-day injured kist before the game, underwent surgery on June 1, 2020, while with St. Louis.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 20, 2021

"Gin the younker sae lang in the sea has been, 90 And greens for hame and land, Then I'll gie him a kist wi' goud, Sae fitting till his hand."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume I (of 8) by Various

When she reveals the secret the kist is empty.

From Ulster Folklore by Andrews, Elizabeth

Fareweel, fareweel, thou falsest youth That ever kist a woman's mouth; Let never any after me25 Submit unto thy courtesy!

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

At the north end of this there was another kist 4 feet 8 inches long, and 3 feet wide.

From Notice of Runic Inscriptions Discovered during Recent Excavations in the Orkneys by Farrer, James Anson