chestn.1
/tʃɛst/, U.S. /tʃɛst/ 1.
a. A box, a coffer; now mostly applied to a large box of strong construction, used for the safe custody of articles of value.
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the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > place of safe storage
chesta700
cofferc1300
aumbry1356
salvatorya1676
safe deposit1706
lock-up1843
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > chest
chesta700
whitcheOE
kistc1300
hutch1303
forcerc1400
capse1447
trunk1462
scob1469
casson1613
wanigan1895
society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > chest > for valuable articles
chesta700
cofferc1300
gardeviance1459
a700 Epinal & Erf. Gloss. 231 (& Corpus 365) Capsis cest.
c975 Rushw. Gosp. John xiii. 29 Sume..woendun þætte ceste hæfde Iudas.
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 276 Capsis, cist.
a1100 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 326 Loculus, cyst.
a1300 Havelok 222 Ne micte men finde..Of his in arke, ne in chiste.
c1386 G. Chaucer Wife of Bath's Prol. 309 Wherfor hydestow..The keyes of thy chist away fro me?
c1430 J. Lydgate tr. Bochas Fall of Princes (1554) i. xiv. 27 b Out of her chist to take the fatell brond.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Kings xii. 9 Ioiada the prest toke a chest, and bored an hole aboue therin.
1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 456 Certeine Frenche men..entered into the kinges Campe..and there..robbed Tentes, brake up chestes, and caried away Caskettes.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 455 Cloths and apparels bestowed in chists and coffers.
1678 S. Butler Ladies Answer to Knight in Hudibras: Third Pt. 267 Those bright Guinneys in our Chests.
1726 J. Swift Gulliver I. ii. viii. 152 Set adrift in that monstrous wooden Chest.
1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 206. ⁋4 To break open the chests, or mortgage the manors of his ancestors.
1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 127 Keep it like a puzzle chest in chest.
b. esp. A box devoted to the safe custody of the personal property of a sailor, etc.; or of the tools and requisites of any craftsman, as a carpenter's chest, surgeon's chest; or of the requisites of any particular department, as a medicine chest, tool chest, etc.: see at first element. Commonly including the contents.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > for personal belongings, tools, etc.
chest1615
ditty-box1883
1615 E. Sharpe Britaines Busse sig. C2 Phisick and Surgery helps..A Chest with partitions for all these things.
1719 D. Defoe Life Robinson Crusoe 229 I found in this Seaman's Chest, about fifty Pieces of Eight.
1720 D. Defoe Capt. Singleton (1840) x. 177 Things..useful to furnish a surgeon's chest.
1889 N.E.D. at Chest Mod. Family medicine chests from one guinea upwards.
c. = caisson n.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > building and constructing equipment > [noun] > case used in underwater construction
chest1679
caisson1753
1679 London Gaz. No. 1457/1 The chest now sunck is of the same Dimensions.
1816 C. James New Mil. Dict. at Bridges Caisson, a kind of chest, or flat-bottomed boat, in which a pier is built.
d. chest of = chest full of, chestful of.
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1775 S. Johnson Journey W. Islands 271 The father of Ossian boasts of two chests more of ancient poetry.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. i. 165 [He] brought forth..his chest of clothes.
1876 R. W. Emerson Resources in Lett. & Social Aims 124 His [man's] body [is] a chest of tools.
2. figurative. (With some of these, cf. sense 9.)
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c1430 J. Lydgate Compl. Black Knight xxxiii The brest is chest of dule and drerynesse.
c1430 Chev. Assigne 127 Holde þy wordes in chaste þat none skape ferther.
1594 W. Shakespeare Lucrece sig. F3 Some purer chest, to close so pure a minde. View more context for this quotation
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin
chestc890
througheOE
tombc1300
cofferc1381
kista1400
coffin1525
box1614
sandapile1623
wooden doublet1761
pillbox1789
casket1849
wooden surtout1864
pine overcoat1890
overcoat1904
wooden kimono1926
pine drape1945
wooden suit1968
c890 tr. Bede Eccl. Hist. iv. xxx. (Bosw.) Ðæt hi woldan his ban on niwe cyste gedon.
c1000 OE. Gosp. Luke vii. 14 He..ða cyste æt-hran.
c1160 Hatton G. Luke vii. 14 He..þa cheste ætran.
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 16076 His ban beoð iloken faste i guldene cheste [c1300 Otho cheaste].
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 50 Buryede with hym in hys chest.
c1386 G. Chaucer Clerk's Prol. 29 He is now deed, and nayled in his chest.
1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 48v The chest that his body laye in.
1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. xiii. xiii One Cn. Terentius..as he digged..light upon a chist, wherein lay the bodie of Numa.
1602 Returne fr. Parnassus (Arb.) i. ii. 13 Let all his faultes sleepe with his mournefull chest.
1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. 180 A stone chest, formed of five flat stones.
1859 E. Capern Ballads & Songs (new ed.) 107 A shell is let down—Then, a small wooden chest.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] > made of reeds or rushes
chesta1000
fraila1382
freare1565
hassock1574
flag1640
thrail1694
flag-basket1747
a1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 204 Cistula, Sporta, uel cyst.
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 5617 In þis chist þe childe she dide.
c1700 J. Addison tr. Ovid Met. ii. Coronis Minerva..the infant laid Within a chest of twining osiers made.
5. † b. A cash accoun. Obsolete.
a. The place in which the money belonging to a public institution is kept; treasury, coffer. Also transferred: the fund of money itself.
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society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [noun] > of a corporation or institution
treasury1560
University Chest?1625
chest1662
exposure1975
the mind > possession > supply > storage > [noun] > place where anything is or may be stored > of valued things
treasuryc1384
jewel house1549
chequer1597
exchequer1619
chest1662
society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > treasury > [noun] > of a public institution
chest1662
1662 S. Pepys Diary 3 July (1970) III. 130 The business of the Chest at Chatham.
1699 T. Cockman tr. Cicero Offices ii. xv. 196 In the one Case we are beholden to the Chest, in the other to the Virtues and Abilities of the Person.
1803 Coll. Statutes Admiralty, Navy, Shipping, & Navig. (1810) 651 A certain ancient..Institution, commonly called..The Chest at Chatham, for the perpetual Relief of such Mariners and Seafaring Men as have been or may happen to be hurt or maimed in the Service of his Majesty..It is expedient..that the said Chest should be removed from Chatham..to the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich.
1833 A. Alison Hist. Europe during French Revol. II. xii. 180 A military chest was formed.
1835 I. Taylor Spiritual Despotism iv. 138 The church possessed herself of a chest; that is to say, became mistress of a disposable capital.
1883 19th Cent. May 829 Starved on an annual pittance from the University Chest.
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society > trade and finance > management of money > keeping accounts > account or statement of > [noun] > cash-account
chest1588
cash-account1768
1588 H. Oldcastle & J. Mellis Briefe Instr. Accompts sig. Cij By Capsa is vnderstood the chyst or ready money..And if..the Creditor syde of your chyst..should bee founde more..than the Debitor side of your said Chist, then were there error.
6. Commerce. A large box or case in which certain commodities, as tea, sugar, etc., are packed for transport; hence used as a variable measure of quantity for such commodities; now almost confined to tea chests.
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the world > relative properties > measurement > the scientific measurement of volume > measure(s) of capacity > amount defined by capacity > [noun] > amount that fills a receptacle > a chest
chest1708
chestful1723
kistful1803
1708 J. Kersey Dict. Anglo-Britannicum Chest..also an uncertain Quantity of some Merchandizes, as of Sugar, from 10 to 15 Hundred Weight.
1727 A. Hamilton New Acct. E. Indies I. ix. 98 They can yearly export 2000 Chests of Rose-Water..A Chest contains about 12 English Gallons.
1728 E. Chambers Cycl. (at cited word) A Chest of Sugar, v. g. contains from 10 to 15 hundred Weight: A Chest of Glass, from 200 to 300 Foot; of Castile Soap, from 21/ 2 to 3 hundred Weight; of Indigo, from 11/ 2 to 2 hundred Weight.
1823 J. Badcock Domest. Amusem. 170 Sheet lead, which comes to us in the way of lining round tea-chests.
1889 N.E.D. at Chest Mod. A small chest of tea as a christmas gift.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > set of
chest of viols1611
chestful1942
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > stringed instruments > bowable instrument > [noun] > viol > case for viols
chest of viols1611
1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Vn ieu de violles, a set, or chest of Violls.
a1629 W. Hinde Faithfull Remonstr. (1641) 10 Musitians and a chest of Viols kept in the house.
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music III. 356 Viols..of which it was usual, during the last century, for most musical families to be in possession of a chest, consisting of two trebles, two tenors, and two basses.
8. chest of drawers n. (also chest of draws) a kind of large box or frame fitted with a set of drawers; formerly used for keeping money and other valuables, now an article of bedroom furniture in which clothes are kept.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > furniture and fittings > chest of drawers > [noun]
pulk1577
case1674
chest of drawers1677
drawers1699
bureau1722
1599 J. Minsheu Percyvall's Dict. Spanish & Eng. at Caxón A great chest, or standerd with drawing chests, or boxes in it.]
1677 London Gaz. No. 1166/4 Quilts, Chairs, Carpets..and Chests of Drawers.
1691 M. Pitt Cry of Oppressed To Rdr. sig. a4v My Lord's Chest of Drawers wherein his Money was.
1710–11 J. Swift Lett. (1767) III. 109 The key general of the chest of drawers with six locks.
1748 Will of Timothy Waterhouse in H. H. Metcalf & O. G. Hammond Probate Rec. New Hampsh. (1915) III. 565 I give..my Chist of draws to my dafter Lidea.
1764 Boston Evening Post 30 Jan. A Chest of Draws.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 230 A bed by night, a chest of drawers by day.
1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts I. 255 Isaac locked the door, set his candle on the chest of drawers.
9. † b. figurative regarded as the seat of the emotions and passions. (Cf. breast n. 5b, bosom n. 6.) Obsolete.
a. That part of the human body enclosed by the ribs and breast-bone, forming the upper part of the trunk, and containing the heart and lungs; the thorax. Also the same part in the lower animals.
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the world > life > the body > internal organs > cavities occupied by internal organs > [noun] > chest
wombOE
thoraxc1400
chest1530
middle piece1817
ribcage1883
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 205/1 Chest of a man, fovrielle.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 57 One that had a suppuration in his chist.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 163 The large Achilles..From his deepe chest laughes out a lowd applause. View more context for this quotation
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I. at Costæ The Ribs, are those Bones which with other parts make the Chest or Thorax.
1720 J. Gay Dione ii. iii, in Poems II. 457 The tall swan, whose proudly-swelling chest Divides the wave.
1813 J. Thomson Lect. Inflammation 559 Inflammatory affections of the head, chest, or belly.
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the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > seat of the emotions > [noun] > breast or heart
breastOE
heartOE
bosomc1175
couragec1300
chest1590
petto1679
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. ix. sig. H6 When corage first does creepe in manly chest.
1647 H. More Philos. Poems ii. i. iii. xiii What rage, what sorrow boils thus in thy chest?
c. Colloquial phrases: to get it off one's chest, to relieve one's mind by making a statement or confession; to play (cards, a thing, etc.) close to one's chest, to be cautious or secretive about (something); to keep information to oneself.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > keep quiet about [phrase]
to keep or hold (a matter) counsel (later in counsela1400
to keep secret1399
to keep (something) dark1532
to draw a veil over1582
not to tell one's shirt1586
to keep one's (own) counsel1604
to put (also keep) in one's pocketa1616
to name no names1692
to make a secret of1738
to keep (‥) snug1778
to clap, put, or keep the thumb on1825
to wash one's dirty linen at home, in public1867
to hold back1956
to sweep (also brush, kick, etc.) (something) under the rug1956
to get it off one's chest1961
to sweep (or push) (something) under the carpet1963
1902 Daily Chron. 27 Sept. 3/2 The desire is either to deliver a message to the world or to express the individual personality—to ‘get it off your chest’ is the horrid, vulgar phrase.
1910 W. J. Locke Simon the Jester xxi ‘I've got to get it off my chest,’ said he... ‘I want to tell you that I've been every end of a silly ass.’
1939 A. Powell What's become of Waring? vi. 166 I wanted to see you to get some things off my chest. I've got to tell them to somebody.
1961 A. Christie Pale Horse xxiv. 248 I couldn't afford to give hints... You have to play these things close to your chest.
1966 Guardian 8 Sept. 3/6 It was suggested yesterday that Manchester Corporation in its many property deals should play the cards a little closer to the chest.
Compounds
General attributive. C1. In sense 1.
chest-lid n.
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1815 H. H. Milman Fazio (1821) 9 A huge chestlid jealously and scantily Uplifted.
chest-lock n.
chest-maker n.
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1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Cestero A chest maker, a basket maker.
C2. † chest-breaker n. Obsolete one who breaks open chests (cf. housebreaker n.).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > burglar > [noun] > safe-breaker
chest-breaker1604
screwsman1819
safe-breaker1860
safe-blower1867
safe-cracker1873
peterman1900
gopher man1901
yegg1903
yeggman1906
pete-man1907
tool-man1909
1604 Meeting of Gallants sig. B2 Hee would..rather bee a Wood-cleauer in the Country, then a chest-breaker in London.
chest freezer n. a freezer with a hinged lid rather than a door, usually lower and wider than an upright or front-opening model.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preserving or pickling > [noun] > preserving by cooling or freezing > place or machine for
ice room1758
ice chamber1768
icebox1792
cool chamber1801
ice chest1826
freezer1847
refrigerator1861
chill-room1884
ice cave1884
cold store1895
cool store1906
Coolgardie?1924
fridge1926
Frigidaire1926
deep freeze1941
chest freezer1947
hydro-cooler1947
reefer1958
fridge-freezer1971
flash freezer1984
blast freezer1986
1947 G. J. Stout Home Freezer Handbk. vi. 38 The chief differences between the different types of chest freezers are discussed here.
1963 Which? 6 Feb. 36/1 The chest top-opening freezer.
1984 Sears, Roebuck Catal. Spring–Summer 884 You get plenty of storage for your frozen foods in these chest freezers.
chest-saw n. ‘a species of hand-saw without a back’ (E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech.).
chest-trap n. (see quot.).
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1704 Dict. Rusticum Chest-Traps, a kind of Boxes or Traps, used to take Pole-cats, Fitchets, Marterns and the like Vermine.
C3. (In sense 9.)
chest girth n.
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1904 Daily Chron. 29 Dec. 6/6 A noticeable increase of chest girth of every boy in the school.
chest measure n.
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1889 Cent. Dict. Chest-measure, the greatest girth of the chest.
chest measurement n.
chest-pressed adj.
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1831 T. Hood Nocturnal Sketch in Mirror Lit., Amusem., & Instr. Suppl. No. 524. 437/2 In a nightmare rest, chest-press'd.
C4.
chest-deep adj. (and adv.) so deep as to reach to the height of one's chest.
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1889 C. Edwardes Sardinia 172 The stream was strong and chest-deep.
chest-expander n. (see quot. 1858 and expander n.).
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > gymnastics > exercise > [noun] > equipment > others
trochus1706
troque1743
chamber horse1747
dumb-bell1785
stock1831
rowing machine1848
chest-expander1850
weights1862
stationary bicycle1883
punching bag1888
medicine ball1895
punching ball1895
stationary bike1899
kettlebell1908
rower1933
Exercycle1936
exercise bicycle1937
exercise bike1946
exercise cycle1952
roller1970
life cycle1973
multi-gym1976
gut-buster1983
roller1992
1850 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1849: Arts & Manuf. 270 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (31st Congr., 1st Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 20, Pt. 1) VI Having thus fully described..the operation of the shoulder brace and chest expander.
1858 P. L. Simmonds Dict. Trade Products Chest-expander, an application of fixed or pliable materials for keeping back the shoulders.
1935 C. Isherwood Mr. Norris changes Trains xiii. 207 Kuno was to be seen, in a pair of gym shorts, doing exercises with a chest-expander.
chest-founder n. a rheumatic affection of the muscles of the chest in horses.
chest-foundered adj. affected with chest-foundering.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [adjective] > other disorders of horses
incorded1566
crest-sunk1618
crestfallen1696
chest-foundered1703
clapped1760
eastern1933
1703 London Gaz. No. 3908/4 A black Gelding..goes stradling before, being Chest-founder'd.
chest-foundering n. see chest-founder n.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of horses > [noun] > other disorders of horses
trench?a1450
colt-evilc1460
affreyd?1523
cholera1566
crick1566
incording1566
leprosy1566
taint1566
eyesore1576
fistula1576
wrench1578
birth1600
garrot1600
stithy1600
stifling1601
stranglings1601
hungry evil1607
pose1607
crest-fall1609
pompardy1627
felteric1639
quick-scab1639
shingles1639
clap1684
sudden taking1688
bunches1706
flanks1706
strangles1706
chest-founderingc1720
body-founder1737
influenza1792
foundering1802
horse-sickness1822
stag-evil1823
strangullion1830
shivering1847
dourine1864
swamp fever1870
African horse sickness1874
horse-pox1884
African horse disease1888
wind-stroke1890
thump1891
leucoencephalitis1909
western equine encephalitis1933
stachybotryotoxicosis1945
rhinopneumonitis1957
c1720 W. Gibson Farriers New Guide ii. xxvi. 106 Of Chest-Foundering... The Disease..comes the nearest of any to that which in a humane Body is called a Pleurisy.
chest-measurer n. an instrument for measuring the capacity of the chest, or the movement of the walls of the chest in respiration, a stethometer.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > specific measuring or recording > [noun] > specific measuring or recording instruments
pelvimeter1779
labimeter1785
pulmometer1814
neurometer1818
cardiometer1827
pneumatometer1832
lithometer1842
urinometer1843
spirometer1846
labidometer1848
paedometer1848
stethometer1850
pneumometer1853
psychograph1854
aesthesiometer1857
stethogoniometer1858
respirometer1859
anapnometer1860
chest-measurer1862
cardiograph1866
cyrtometer1867
myograph1867
myographion1867
pneumograph1868
anapnograph1870
polygraph1871
pneumatograph1874
pelycometer1875
baraesthesiometer1876
stetho-cardiograph1876
stethograph1876
haemocytometer1877
tambour1877
thoracometer1877
audiometer1879
tropometer1881
inspirometer1882
oncograph1882
oncometer1882
septometer1882
kinesimeter1885
pneograph1888
kinaesthesiometer1890
parturiometer1890
pneometer1890
spirograph1890
tonograph1890
pelvigraph1892
phrenograph1893
profilometer1895
calibrator1900
tremograph1904
urinopyknometer1905
adaptometer1907
phonoscope1908
electrocardiograph1910
phonocardiograph1913
arthrometer1918
pneumotachograph1926
cystometer1927
cardiotachometer1928
encephalograph1934
electroencephalograph1935
ballistocardiograph1938
phonoelectrocardioscope1942
electromyograph1944
pupillograph1951
statometer1957
pneumotach1961
magnetocardiograph1963
1862 H. W. Fuller On Dis. Chest 26 An instrument proposed by Dr. Sibson. He has named it the Chest-measurer.
1881 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Chest-measurer, same as Stethometer.
chest-note n. a note produced in the lowest register of the voice (see chest-voice n.).
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > note or tone > head or chest note
head tone1829
headnote1845
chest-note1854
1854 J. S. Bushnan in J. Wylde Circle of Sci. (c1865) I. 286/1 The notes of the natural voice—called also chest-notes—are fuller.
1879 H. R. Haweis Music & Morals i. vii The tenor has to come out with a high chest-note.
chest pack n. an airman's pack containing a parachute, carried on the chest.
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society > travel > air or space travel > a means of conveyance through the air > parachute > [noun] > container
backpack1914
pack1926
chest pack1930
seat-pack1930
1930 C. Dixon Parachuting 160 The Back Pack is usually used, the Chest Pack being a small auxiliary.
1956 W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 112/1 Chest-pack parachute, a parachute pack that is detachable from the harness and is clipped onto a chest harness when needed.
chest-piece n. that part of a stethoscope which, when in use, is placed against the chest.
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the world > health and disease > healing > diagnosis or prognosis > examination > [noun] > auscultation > instruments used in > part of stethoscope
chest-piece1894
1894 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 3 Nov. 991/1 The ear pieces are made of india-rubber,..and the chest piece has an india-rubber air pad cover.
1909 Practitioner Dec. 862 The edge of the metal chest-piece might be conveniently rimmed with hard rubber.
chest-protector n. a covering or wrap to protect the chest from cold.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > types or styles of clothing > clothing for body or trunk (and limbs) > [noun] > clothing for chest or breast > types of > to protect chest from cold
bosom friend1802
pectoral1881
chest-protector1888
1888 19th Cent. Mar. 465 Most men need flannels, chest-protectors, etc.
chest-quake n. humorous after earthquake.Apparently an isolated use.
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1855 G. Meredith Shaving of Shagpat (1872) 157 Chestquakes of irresistible laughter.
chest register n. the lower portion of the compass of the human voice.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > register
voce di petto1742
voce di testa1742
head voice1806
head register1845
chest register1847
voce di gola1876
chest-voice1879
1847 C. W. Manby Man. Music xii. 113 In the soprano voice the notes of the chest and medium registers are distinguished for their clearness and brilliance.
1966 H. L. Shorto in C. E. Bazell In Memory of J. R. Firth 402 Variation entailed by the nature of the prevocalic consonant is minimal in chest-register words.
chest-voice n. the lowest register of the voice in singing or speaking.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > singing > singing voice > [noun] > register
voce di petto1742
voce di testa1742
head voice1806
head register1845
chest register1847
voce di gola1876
chest-voice1879
1879 Hullah in Grove Dict. Music I. 344 By ‘chest-voice’ is..understood the lowest sounds of a voice..in other words, the ‘first register’.
chest-wall n. the external surface of the thorax or chest.
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the world > life > the body > external parts of body > trunk > front > [noun] > chest > parts of
breast-pita1398
slot?a1400
chest-wall1879
1879 St. George's Hosp. Rep. 9 285 A wound on chest-wall.
1909 Practitioner Dec. 862 Many physicians prefer to use the unaided ear applied direct to the chest-wall.
Draft additions January 2018
chest wader n. (chiefly in plural) a waterproof garment covering the lower body up to the chest, typically incorporating boots and supported by shoulder straps, worn esp. by anglers to wade in deep water; cf. wader n. 2.
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1941 Eye-witness (Birtle, Manitoba) 5 Aug. For Sale..Chest waders, feet size 6.
1983 Field & Stream Feb. (advt.) Tough 3-ply insulated chest wader features nylon outside, insulated rubber and nylon lining inseam.
2001 M. Sweatman When Alice lay down with Peter vi. v. 409 Richard showed up wearing tailored chest waders with railway gloves and a hunting cap.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
† chestn.2
Obsolete.
Strife, contention, quarrelling.
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society > society and the community > dissent > quarrel or quarrelling > [noun]
sakea1000
chestc1000
pleac1275
threapa1300
noisec1300
checkc1330
debate1340
chopping1377
controversyc1384
briguea1398
tuilyieing1444
quarrellingc1460
lite1493
frayinga1500
falling out1539
square1545
overthwarting1552
mutiny1567
squaring1579
debatement1590
swaggeringa1596
quarrel1605
simultation1605
warbling1632
barrating1635
throwing1897
c1000 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 116 Seditio, folcslite, uel æswicung, sacu, ceast.
c1175 Lamb. Hom. 111 Þet clene wif scunað ȝitsunge and cheste ne sturað.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 150 Þe eareste is cheost oðer strif.
c1300 K. Alis. 29 Now pais holdith, and leteth cheste.
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 67 Efter þe chyaste we zetteþ þe zenne of grochinge.
1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xiii. 109 Ferly me þinketh But chest be þere charite shulde be.
1382 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) James iv. 1 Wherof bateyles and cheestes, or chidinges, among ȝou?
c1425 Seven Sag. (P.) 1638 Withoutyn ony more chest Thay dyden the emperour hest.
c1450 J. Myrc Instr. to Par. Priests 1477 Hast þou I-lyued..in chest [ed. chost] and stryf Wyþ þy meyne and wyþ þy wyf?
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
chestv.
/tʃɛst/, U.S. /tʃɛst/ 1. transitive. To put into a coffin. Now chiefly dialect.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin
chest1473
cere1525
board1535
coffin1564
incoffin?1575
encoffin1598
hearse1606
kistc1650
1473 J. Warkworth Chron. 21 On the morwe he was chestyde and brought to S. Paulys.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 159 (note) A cophin, soche as the carkesses of noble persons ar cheisted in.
1611 Bible (King James) Gen. l. (headnote) Joseph taketh an oath of them for his bones. He dieth and is chested.
1665 Voy. E.-India in G. Havers tr. P. della Valle Trav. E. India 339 That afternoon, we chested our late slain Commander.
1849–53 D. Rock Church of our Fathers II. 491 The body was chested.
1889 N.E.D. at Chest Mod. Sc. The corpse will be chested this evening.
2. To enclose in a chest or box; to stow away.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure
casea1525
to case up1566
chamber1568
bag1570
embower1580
cistern1587
bower1599
casket1603
entemple1603
immould1610
incavern1611
incave1615
chest1616
enchest1632
intrunk1633
labyrinth1637
caverna1640
cabinetc1642
ark1644
to box in1745
lantern1789
cauldron1791
cave1816
pocket1833
castle1871
the mind > possession > supply > storage > store [verb (transitive)] > in a receptacle > specific
pokea1400
barrel1466
bag1570
bottle1594
chest1616
vat1784
tank1900
1616 R. Carpenter Christs Larvmbell 48 in Pastoral Charge All their mony is little enough..to chest vp in their Treasurie.
1636 R. James Iter Lancastrense (1845) Introd. 47 To cheste Eternall hatred in a mortall brest.
1657 T. M. Life Satyrical Puppy 14 He gaue charge his Unkles Wardrobe should be chested up, and kept as Reliques.
1846 W. S. Landor Imaginary Conversat. in Wks. II. 39/2 Serious thoughts are folded up, chested, and unlooked-at.
3. Of a horse: To come against or strike with the chest. (Cf. breast v. 5.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (transitive)] > leap over obstacle > refuse or strike obstacle
refuse1525
chest1842
1842 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton in Dublin Univ. Mag. June 721/1 My horse came with full force against it..chesting the tangled branches.
1845 ‘E. Warburton’ Crescent & Cross (1846) II. 216 The next moment my mare chested him, and sent him spinning and tangled in his long blue gown.
1866 Daily Tel. 25 Oct. His hand..the firmest..that ever beguiled a beaten horse to rise at a stiff bit of timber which his neighbours right and left were chesting or declining to negotiate.
Derivatives
ˈchesting n. the putting (of a corpse) into a coffin, ‘with (in Scotland) the entertainment given on this melancholy occasion’ (Jamieson).
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > putting in coffin
chesting1535
encoffining1856
encoffinment1882
1535 Let. in J. Strype Eccl. Memorials (1721) I. i. xxxiii. 242 The leading and chesting was preparing.
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Chestynge of a deade bodye in a close coffyn, or the ministration of baulmynge.
1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia ii. iii. vii. 91 Those who had the..chesting..of the dead corps.
1889 N.E.D. at Chest Mod. Sc. The chesting has been deferred to enable relatives at a distance to be present.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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