What is a synonym for "kist"?

Common synonyms include: box, casket, kistian, nakh.

Kist

name, noun, verb

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Noun

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."

Verb

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

Proper Noun

"Daniel was the only one who could read the writing on the wall, as he was the only Volapükist."

Etymology 1

Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).

Etymology 3

From the root of Georgian ქისტები (kisṭebi, “Ingush”).

Etymology 4

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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