Chest

n. [A-S. cest, cist, cyst, O. H. Ger. chiste, kista, N. H. Ger. & Dan. kiste, Sw. kista, D. kist, from Lat. cista, Gr. κίστη, W. cist, Gael. ciste, Ir. cisde.]

1Sense 1. A box of wood, or other material, in which articles are deposited; it differs from a trunk in not being covered with skin or leather. “Heaps of money crowded in the chest.” Dryden.

2Sense 2. A coffin. [Obs.]

He is now dead, and nailed in his chest. Chaucer.

3Sense 3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breast-bone; the thorax.

4Sense 4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, &c., are transported, and hence the quantity such a case contains.

Chest of drawers, a case of movable boxes called drawers.