Chest
Chest (chest) , noun
[Old English chest, chist, Anglo-Saxon cest, cist, cyst, Latin cista, from Greek ki`sth. Compare 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.
2.
A coffin. [Obsolete]
He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.
3.
The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4.
(Commerce) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
5.
(Mechanics) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ.
Collocations (2)
Bomb chest , See under Bomb.
Chest of drawers , a case or movable frame containing drawers.
Chest (chest) , intransitive verb
1.
To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2.
To place in a coffin. [Obsolete]
He dieth and is chested.
Chest (chest) , noun
[Anglo-Saxon ceást.]
Strife; contention; controversy. [Obsolete] — P. Plowman