n. [ OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr.
Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]
He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
Bomb chest,
Chest of drawers,
v. i.
He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading). [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ AS. ceást. ] Strife; contention; controversy. [ Obs. ] P. Plowman. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Having (such) a chest; -- in composition;
n.
n. [ See -lite. ] A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of
n. The chestnut tree. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
(Far.) A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbeám chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. châtaigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; a city of Pontus, where chestnut trees grew in abundance, and whence they were introduced into Europe. Cf. Castanets. ]
Chestnut tree,
a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color;