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kist  (kst)

n.

Variant of cist².

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kist¹

n Scot and northern English dialect

a large chest or coffer

[from Old Norse kista; see chest]

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kist²

n

(Social Science / Archaeology) Archaeol a variant spelling of cist²

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kist³

n

South African a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride's trousseau

[from Afrikaans, from Dutch: chest]

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Kist a chest of money, hence, a store or cache of money, 1619. Example: kist of silver, 1816.