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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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; etc.
Chest of drawers is a case of movable boxes called drawers.
CHEST, v.t. To reposit in a chest; to hoard.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the part of the human torso between the neck and the diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates [syn: thorax, chest, pectus]
2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
3: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
4: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of drawers, chest, bureau, dresser]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cest, cist chest, box, from Latin cista, from Greek kist? basket, hamper Date: before 12th century 1. a. a container for storage or shipping; especially a box with a lid used especially for the safekeeping of belongings b. a cupboard used especially for the storing of medicines or first-aid supplies 2. the place where money of a public institution is kept ; treasury; also the fund so kept 3. a. thorax 1; especially the part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and sternum b. breast 2a <a hairy chest> • chestful noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a large strong box, esp. for storage or transport e.g. of blankets, tea, etc. 2 a the part of a human or animal body enclosed by the ribs. b the front surface of the body from neck to waist. 3 a small cabinet for medicines etc. 4 a the treasury or financial resources of an institution. b the money available from it. Phrases and idioms: chest of drawers a piece of furniture consisting of a set of drawers in a frame. chest-voice the lowest register of the voice in singing or speaking. get a thing off one's chest colloq. disclose a fact, secret, etc., to relieve one's anxiety about it. play (one's cards, a thing , etc.) close to one's chest colloq. be cautious or secretive about. Derivatives: -chested adj. (in comb.). Etymology: OE cest, cyst f. Gmc f. L f. Gk kiste

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chest 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).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chest Chest, n. [AS. ce['a]st.] Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Chest Chest (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. 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.) 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 organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb. Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ice Ice ([imac]s), n. [OE. is, iis, AS. [=i]s; aksin to D. ijs, G. eis, OHG. [=i]s, Icel. [=i]ss, Sw. is, Dan. iis, and perh. to E. iron.] 1. Water or other fluid frozen or reduced to the solid state by cold; frozen water. It is a white or transparent colorless substance, crystalline, brittle, and viscoidal. Its specific gravity (0.92, that of water at 4[deg] C. being 1.0) being less than that of water, ice floats. Note: Water freezes at 32[deg] F. or 0[deg] Cent., and ice melts at the same temperature. Ice owes its cooling properties to the large amount of heat required to melt it. 2. Concreted sugar. --Johnson. 3. Water, cream, custard, etc., sweetened, flavored, and artificially frozen. 4. Any substance having the appearance of ice; as, camphor ice. Anchor ice, ice which sometimes forms about stones and other objects at the bottom of running or other water, and is thus attached or anchored to the ground. Bay ice, ice formed in bays, fiords, etc., often in extensive fields which drift out to sea. Ground ice, anchor ice. Ice age (Geol.), the glacial epoch or period. See under Glacial. Ice anchor (Naut.), a grapnel for mooring a vessel to a field of ice. --Kane. Ice blink [Dan. iisblink], a streak of whiteness of the horizon, caused by the reflection of light from ice not yet in sight. Ice boat. (a) A boat fitted with skates or runners, and propelled on ice by sails; an ice yacht. (b) A strong steamboat for breaking a channel through ice. Ice box or chest, a box for holding ice; a box in which things are kept cool by means of ice; a refrigerator. Ice brook, a brook or stream as cold as ice. [Poetic] --Shak. Ice cream [for iced cream], cream, milk, or custard, sweetened, flavored, and frozen. Ice field, an extensive sheet of ice. Ice float, Ice floe, a sheet of floating ice similar to an ice field, but smaller. Ice foot, shore ice in Arctic regions; an ice belt. --Kane. Ice house, a close-covered pit or building for storing ice. Ice machine (Physics), a machine for making ice artificially, as by the production of a low temperature through the sudden expansion of a gas or vapor, or the rapid evaporation of a volatile liquid. Ice master. See Ice pilot (below). Ice pack, an irregular mass of broken and drifting ice. Ice paper, a transparent film of gelatin for copying or reproducing; papier glac['e]. Ice petrel (Zo["o]l.), a shearwater (Puffinus gelidus) of the Antarctic seas, abundant among floating ice. Ice pick, a sharp instrument for breaking ice into small pieces. Ice pilot, a pilot who has charge of a vessel where the course is obstructed by ice, as in polar seas; -- called also ice master. Ice pitcher, a pitcher adapted for ice water. Ice plow, a large tool for grooving and cutting ice.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(chests) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Your chest is the top part of the front of your body where your ribs, lungs, and heart are. He crossed his arms over his chest... He was shot in the chest... He complained of chest pain. N-COUNT: oft poss N 2. A chest is a large, heavy box used for storing things. At the very bottom of the chest were his carving tools. ...a treasure chest. ...a medicine chest. = trunk N-COUNT 3. If you get something off your chest, you talk about something that has been worrying you. I feel it's done me good to get it off my chest. ? bottle up PHRASE: V inflects

Easton's Bible Dictionary

(Heb. _'aron_, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings 12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_ (plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests."

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

chest ('aron, genazim; kibotos):

(1) The ark of the covenant in Old Testament is invariably denoted by the word 'aron, elsewhere rendered the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "chest."

See ARK.

(2) 'Aron is also the word rendered "coffin" (Ge 50:26: "and he was put in a coffin in E.").

See COFFIN.

(3) In Kings and Chronicles (2Ki 12:9,10; 2Ch 24:8,10,11) 'aron stands uniformly for a money chest. It is the "chest" that Jehoiada, the priest, placed in the court "beside the altar" and "bored a hole in the lid of" that the priests might "put therein all the money that was brought into the house of Yahweh" (2Ki 12:9); and "the chest" that King Joash commanded to be made and set "without at the gate of the house of Yahweh" to receive "the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel" (2Ch 24:8,10,11). One feature is common to the thing meant in all these applications--the c. was rectangular in shape, and, most probably in every instance, made of wood.

(4) Josephus (Ant., VI, 1,2) uses the equivalent of the word to denote the "coffer" (1Sa 6:8 ff English Versions), or small chest, in which the princes of Philistia deposited the gold mice.

(5) In New Testament times the "chests" that were provided in the court of the women, in the temple of Herod, to receive the various kinds of money gifts had the exceptional shape of a trumpet (if Sheqalim, vi.5 may be trusted)--wide at the bottom and gradually narrowing toward the top, hence, called shopharoth. It was into these that the Master was watching the multitude casting in their money when He saw the poor widow cast in her two mites (Mr 12:41,42).

(6) In Eze 27:24, where the prophet is giving an inventory of the merchandise of Tyre, another word entirely is used (genazim), and it is rendered in the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) "chests" ("chests of rich apparel, bound with cords and made of cedar"). According to Cornill, Davidson, Smend and others this rendering is without sufficient support (see Smith, Dictionary of the Bible and commentary in the place cited.).

George B. Eager

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. Box, case, packing-box, coffer. 2. Breast, thorax, trunk (of the body).

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