CHESTS

Noun

chests

plural of chest

Verb

chests

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of chest

Source: Wiktionary

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CHEST

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

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