kist

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"Gie me time to get _my_ kist, and I'll walk mighty quick.

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  1. noun Variant of cist2.

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  • She had sent up to Jock McIntyre, the carrier, to call for the kist which contained her's and the children's clothing, as he passed down the glen. —  Janet McLaren The Faithful Nurse
  • "That's no true," exclaimed the child; "the muckle black kist is fou' o' the bottles o' yill that my mither sat up a' nicht brewing for the fair We are in a hurry just now," said Burns, "but when we return from the fair, we'll examine the muckle black kist." —  Robert Burns
  • Everything was in its place,--"voor-kist," and "achter-kist," and side-chests. —  The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
  • The Bushman promptly leaped to his seat upon the voor-kist, cracked his mighty whip, straightened out his long team, and moved off over the plain Hans and Hendrik were already in their saddles; and having cleared the kraals of all their live-stock, with the assistance of the dogs, drove the lowing and bleating animals before them Truey and little Jan sat beside Swartboy on the fore-chest of the wagon; and the round full eyes of the pretty springbok could be seen peeping curiously out from under the cap-tent Casting a last look upon his desolate kraal, the field-cornet turned his horse's head, and rode after the wagon CHAPTER SEVEN WATER! —  The Bush Boys History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family
  • And I set the hair, for that time, under the great bandage that went over my heart; and truly, she did be then the one that lackt content; for she to say that the second plaiting did be kist, and the first to lack; but I to refuse to exchange; so that we made up a quarrelling, and did presently have to be kist, unto forgiveness. —  The Night Land
 

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