Kist
[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.
[kist] /kɪst/
noun
1.
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/kɪst/
noun (Scot & Northern English, dialect)
1.
a large chest or coffer
/kɪst/
noun
1.
(archaeol) a variant spelling of cist2
/kɪst/
noun
1.
(South African) a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride’s trousseau
n.
“chest,” c.1300, from Old Norse kista “chest,” from Latin cista (see chest).
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