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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
chest
    n 1: the part of the human torso between the neck and the
         diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
         [syn: thorax, chest, pectus]
    2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
    3: the front of the trunk from the neck to the abdomen; "he beat
       his breast in anger" [syn: breast, chest]
    4: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: chest of
       drawers, chest, bureau, dresser]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
   1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
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   2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]
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            He dieth and is chested.              --Gen. 1. 26
                                                  (heading).
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [AS. ce['a]st.]
   Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,
   cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. Cist, Cistern.]
   1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
      trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.
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            Heaps of money crowded in the chest.  --Dryden.
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   2. A coffin. [Obs.]
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            He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer.
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   3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone;
      the thorax.
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   4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,
      are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case
      contains.
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   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.
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   Bomb chest, See under Bomb.

   Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing
      drawers.
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5. V.E.R.A. -- Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (February 2016)
CHEST
       Computers in Higher Education Software Team (org., UK)
       

6. Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
Chest
   (Heb. _'aron_, generally rendered "ark"), the coffer into which
   the contributions for the repair of the temple were put (2 Kings
   12:9, 10; 2 Chr. 24:8, 10, 11). In Gen. 50:26 it is rendered
   "coffin." In Ezek. 27:24 a different Hebrew word, _genazim_
   (plur.), is used. It there means "treasure-chests."
   

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