Part 1845

<hw>Chess"tree`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F <ets>chassis</ets> a framework of carpentry.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.</def>

<h1>Chessy copper</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Ches`sy" cop"per</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at <ets>Chessy</ets>, near Lyons; called also <altname>chessylite</altname>.</def>

<h1>Chest</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>chest</ets>, <ets>chist</ets>, AS. <ets>cest</ets>, <ets>cist</ets>, <ets>cyst</ets>, L. <ets>cista</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/. Cf. <er>Cist</er>, <er>Cistern</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.</def>

<blockquote>Heaps of money crowded in the <b>chest</b>. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A coffin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He is now dead and mailed in his <b>cheste</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Com.)</fld> <def>A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <def>A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; <as>as, the steam <ex>chest</ex> of an engine; the wind <ex>chest</ex> of an organ.</as></def>

<cs><col>Bomb chest</col>, <cd>See under <er>Bomb</er>.</cd> -- <col>Chest of drawers</col>, <cd>a case or movable frame containing drawers.</cd></cs>

<h1>Chest</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Chested</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To deposit in a chest; to hoard.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To place in a coffin.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>He dieth and is <b>chested</b>. <i>Gen. 1. 26 (heading).</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chest</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chest</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>ce\'a0st</ets>.]</ety> <def>Strife; contention; controversy.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>P. Plowman.</i>

<h1>Chested</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chest"ed</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; <as>as, broad-<ex>chested</ex>; narrow-<ex>chested</ex>.</as></def>

<h1>Chesterlite</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Ches"ter*lite</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>-lite</er>.]</ety> <def>A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of <ets>Chester</ets>, Pennsylvania.</def>

<h1>Chesteyn</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Ches"teyn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The chestnut tree.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, <b>chesteyn</b>. <i>Chaucer.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Chest founder</h1> <Xpage=246>

<hw>Chest" foun`der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>. <fld>(Far.)</fld> <def>A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.</def>