kist

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A chest. Scotland
    — the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]
  2. An individual installment of the yearly land revenue. British,India
  3. A coffin. Scotland
  4. Alternative form of cist (“crypt”). alt-of,alternative
    — The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents.
动词 v.
  1. simple past and past participle of kiss. form-of,obsolete,participle,past
    — To me my Julia lately sent A Bracelet richly Redolent The Beads I kist, but most lov'd her That did perfume the Pomander.
  2. To place in a coffin. Scotland,transitive

词形变化

kists plural kists present,singular,third-person kisting participle,present kisted participle,past kisted past kists plural

词汇关系

衍生词
cornkister kistful unkist

词源

词源 1
Possibly borrowed from Old Norse kista (“chest”); but see also English cist (“crypt”). Doublet of cesta, chest, and kesh
词源 2
Borrowed from Hindustani قِسْط (qisṭ, “installment”) / क़िस्त (qist), from Arabic قِسْط (qisṭ, literally “quota”).
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