See Also: kist(1)(dictionary)
kist(2)(dictionary)

kist(2) (iou)



kist noun1 & verb. Scot. & north. ME.
[Old Norse kista: see CHEST noun.]
A. noun.
A chest, a trunk, a coffer. ME.
kist o' whistles (now rare) an organ.
A coffin; esp. a stone coffin, a sarcophagus. ME.
b. Archaeology. = CIST noun1. M19.
A chest or place in which money is kept, a treasury; a store of money. rare. E17.
A basket. rare. E18.
b. verb trans. Put into a chest, esp. a coffin. M17.
kistful noun (rare) as much as a kist will hold M17.