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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024kist1 (kist),USA pronunciation n. [Scot. and North Eng.]- Scottish Termsa coffer;
a money chest. - Scottish Termsany chestlike container;
a box, trunk, or basket. - Scottish Termsa coffin, esp. a stone one;
a sarcophagus.
- Old Norse kista chest
- Middle English kiste 1300–50
- Antiquity, Archaeologycist2.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: kist /kɪst/ n Scot Northern English dialect - a large chest or coffer
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old Norse kista; see chest kist /kɪst/ n - South African a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride's trousseau
Etymology: from Afrikaans, from Dutch: chest cist1 (sist),USA pronunciation n. [Class. Antiq.]- Antiquitya box or chest, esp. for sacred utensils.
- Greek kístē chest
- Latin cista
- 1795–1805
- Archaeologya prehistoric sepulchral tomb or casket.
Also, kist. - Latin cista. See cist1
- Welsh
- 1795–1805
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cist /sɪst/ n - a wooden box for holding ritual objects used in ancient Rome and Greece
Etymology: 19th Century: from Latin cista box, chest, basket, from Greek kistē cist /sɪst/, kist n - a box-shaped burial chamber made from stone slabs or a hollowed tree trunk
Etymology: 19th Century: from Welsh: chest, from Latin cista box; see cist1 |