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Kist
Definitions
- 1 A surname.
- 1 A chest. Scotland
"the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]"
- 2 An individual installment of the yearly land revenue. British, India
- 3 Synonym of Nakh, a Caucasian people, particularly the Nakh living in Georgia.
- 4 A coffin. Scotland
- 5 Alternative form of cist (“crypt”). alt-of, alternative
"The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents."
- 1 simple past and past participle of kiss. form-of, obsolete, participle, past
"To me my Julia lately sent A Bracelet richly Redolent The Beads I kist, but most lov'd her That did perfume the Pomander."
- 2 To place in a coffin. Scotland, transitive
Etymology
Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh
Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh
Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).
From the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).
From the German surname, named after the town Kist in Würzburg. Also a Westphalian German Low German spelling variant of Kirst.
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