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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

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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

His kist o' money won't hod na time, I warrant ye, when once that lassie gets her pretty fingers under the lid.

From Checkmate by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

He's taen Susie Pye by the white hand, And gently led her up and down; And ay as he kist her red rosy lips, "Ye're welcome, jewel, to your own."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume IV by Various

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

The mashlom bannock is amang the meal, in the kist.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX by Alexander Leighton

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