kist
Americannoun
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a coffer; a money chest.
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any chestlike container; a box, trunk, or basket.
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a coffin, especially a stone one; a sarcophagus.
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Etymology
Origin of kist
1300–50; Middle English kiste < Old Norse kista chest
Example Sentences
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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
In 1900, when digging for the foundations of a house, an oblong slate kist, lying north and south, and containing a "crouched" burial, was found.
From Nooks and Corners of Cornwall by C. A. Dawson Scott
"Weel brook ye o' your brown brown bride,135 Between ye and the stock; And sae will I o' my black black kist, That has neither key nor lock."
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various
O quickly ran he down the stair; And whan he saw 'twas she, He kindly took her in his arms, And kist her tenderlie.
From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various
She kist her Husband some little Time before she expir'd, Then lean'd her Head the Pillow on, just out of Breath and tir'd.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson
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