kist

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kist - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Kist \Kist\ (k[i^]st), n. [See Chest.]
     A chest; hence, a coffin. [Scot. & Prov. End.] --Jamieson.
     --Halliwell.
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  Kist \Kist\, n. [Ar. gist.]
     A stated payment, especially a payment of rent for land;
     hence, the time for such payment. [India]
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