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Webster 1913 Edition
Chest
Chest
(chĕst)
, Noun.
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.)
A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
5.
(Mech.)
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.;
as, the steam
. chest
of an engine; the wind chest
of an organChest
(chĕst)
, Verb.
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
(chĕst)
, Noun.
[AS.
ceást
.] Strife; contention; controversy.
[Obs.]
P. Plowman.
Webster 1828 Edition
Chest
CHEST
, n.1.
A box of wood or other material, in which goods are kept or transported. It differs from a trunk in not being covered with skin or leather.2.
The trunk of the body from the neck to the belly; the thorax. Hence, broad-chested, narrow-chested, having a broad or narrow chest.3.
In commerce, a certain quantity; as a chest of sugar; a chest of indigo; &c.Chest of drawers is a case of movable boxes called drawers.
CHEST
,Verb.
T.