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Chest   /tʃɛst/   Listen
noun
Chest  n.  
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. (Obs.) "He is now dead and mailed in his cheste."
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.


Chest  n.  Strife; contention; controversy. (Obs.)


verb
Chest  v. i.  (past & past part. chested)  
1.
To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2.
To place in a coffin. (Obs.) "He dieth and is chested."





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"Chest" Quotes from Famous Books



... lele, lele, to myself, in all our little keys: and, now you talk of keys, that dog Patrick broke the key-general of the chest of drawers with six locks, and I have been so plagued to get a new one, besides my good ...
— The Journal to Stella • Jonathan Swift
... I'm wanted to attend," said Jan. "Where d'ye feel the symptoms of the cold?" asked he of Lucy. "In the head or chest?" ...
— Verner's Pride • Mrs. Henry Wood
... moves the agent; the second is the agent; the third is the form of that which the agent applies to action (although the agent also acts through its own form); as may be clearly seen in things made by art. For the craftsman is moved to action by the end, which is the thing wrought, for instance a chest or a bed; and applies to action the axe which cuts ...
— Summa Theologica, Part I (Prima Pars) - From the Complete American Edition • Thomas Aquinas
... orders to bring on board his two favourites, a cock and a paroquet. While the canoe was gone on this errand, I had time to regard the savage chief attentively. He was a man of immense size, with massive but beautifully moulded limbs and figure, only parts of which—the broad chest and muscular arms—were uncovered; for although the lower orders generally wore no other clothing than a strip of cloth called maro round their loins, the chief, on particular occasions, wrapped his person in voluminous ...
— The Coral Island • R.M. Ballantyne
... at me." Mr. Broad stiffened his back, arched his chest, and revolved slowly upon his heels. "Pretty nifty, eh? What kind ...
— The Winds of Chance • Rex Beach


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