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

And thrice he claspde her to his breste, And kist her tenderlie: The teares that fell from her fair eyes,95 Ranne like the fountayne free.

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various

And will ye gi'e him a kist wi' goud, Sae fitting till his hand?

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

It's far ower narra, the turn's ower sherp, an' it wad be a perfect deevil o' a job to get a kist doon there.'

From Betty Grier by Waugh, Joseph Laing

Whan he came in into the ha', Lady Maisery she did ween; And twenty times he kist her mou',85 Afore auld Ingram's een.

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