chesting
present participle of chest
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Source: Wiktionary
Chest, n. Etym: [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. Cist, Cistern.]
1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.
2. A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer.
3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4. (Com.)
Definition: A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
5. (Mech.)
Definition: A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb.
– Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.
Chest, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).
Chest, n. Etym: [AS. ceást.]
Definition: Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 May 2025
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