| 单词 | surgeon's chest |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurgeon's chest b. esp. A box devoted to the safe custody of the personal property of a sailor, etc.; or of the tools and requisites of any craftsman, as a carpenter's chest, surgeon's chest; or of the requisites of any particular department, as a medicine chest, tool chest, etc.: see at first element. Commonly including the contents. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > for personal belongings, tools, etc. chest1615 ditty-box1883 1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. C2 Phisick and Surgery helps..A Chest with partitions for all these things. 1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 229 I found in this Seaman's Chest, about fifty Pieces of Eight. 1720 D. Defoe Capt. Singleton (1840) x. 177 Things..useful to furnish a surgeon's chest. 1889 N.E.D. at Chest Mod. Family medicine chests from one guinea upwards. < as lemmas |
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