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.
A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer.
The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.
A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, 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.
To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
To place in a coffin. [Obs.] He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).
Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
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