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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

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

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

Had thy cold pencil kist her pen,20 Thou couldst not so vnkindly err To show vs this faint shade for her.

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume I (of 2) by Crashaw, Richard

"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

"Mr. Liddell was speaking to an old Northumbrian here about the organ yesterday, and he said, 'I canna bear the loike o' that kist o' whistles a buzzin' in my ears.'"

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.