Chessil
(Ches"sil) n. [OE. chesil, AS. ceosel gravel, sand.] Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell.
Chessman
(Chess"man) n.; pl. Chessmen A piece used in the game of chess.
Chessom
(Ches"som) n. [Cf. Chisley.] Mellow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.
Chesstree
(Chess"tree`) n. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpentry.] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted
perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.
Chessy copper
(Ches`sy" cop"per) (Min.) The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy,
near Lyons; called also chessylite.
Chest
(Chest) 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.
Heaps of money crowded in the chest.
Dryden.
2. A coffin. [Obs.]
He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.
Chaucer.
3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which
such a case contains.
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.
Bomb chest, See under Bomb. — Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.
Chest
(Chest) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]
1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]
He dieth and is chested.
Gen. 1. 26
Chest
(Chest) n. [AS. ceást.] Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.
Chested
(Chest"ed), a. Having (such) a chest; — in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow- chested.
Chesterlite
(Ches"ter*lite) n. [See - lite.] A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester,
Pennsylvania.
Chesteyn
(Ches"teyn) n. The chestnut tree. [Obs.]
Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn.
Chaucer.
Chest founder
(Chest" foun`der) (Far.) A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs
of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.
Chestnut
(Chest"nut) n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in
cisten-beám chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. châtaigne, both the AS. and the F. words
