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kist

 (kĭst)
n.
Variant of cist2.
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kist

(kɪst)
n
a large chest or coffer
[C14: from Old Norse kista; see chest]

kist

(kɪst)
n
(Archaeology) archaeol a variant spelling of cist2

kist

(kɪst)
n
South African a large wooden chest in which linen is stored, esp one used to store a bride's trousseau
[from Afrikaans, from Dutch: chest]
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Kist

 a chest of money, hence, a store or cache of money, 1619. Example: kist of silver, 1816.
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References in classic literature ?
'Little green toad whose leg doth twist, Go to the corner of which you wist, And bring to me the large old kist.'
The name of the company, TesserAct Theatre Ensemble, TATE for short, was inspired by Tamara Kist's favorite book from fourth grade, A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L'Engle.
The development of nurse robots, utilizing our AI technology, can help the patients and their family members who also experience stress and physical illness," Park Sung-kee, principal researcher and head of the Convergence Research Center for Diagnosis, Treatment and Care System of Dementia at KIST, told The Korea Times.
Senator Mwaura said: "We have rejected the grabbing of land belonging to Kist and we will not allow that to happen." He challenged Governor Ferdinand Waititu to pronounce himself of the matter.
Gastrik duplikasyon kistinin tanisi icin esas olcutler sunlardir: (a) kistin duvari mide duvari ile komsudur; (b) kist duz kas ile cevrilmistir ve (c) kist duvari gastrointestinal mukozanin epiteli ile kaplidir (1).
The Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) is a multi-disciplinary research institute located in Seoul, South Korea.
Laparoskopik cerrahi gunumuzde benign over kitlelerinin tedavisinde altin standart olarak gorulse de (2, 3, 4) boderline ve malign hastaliklarda kist rupturunun neden olabilecegi sonuclar nedeniyle kimi yazarlar tarafindan soguk bakilmaktadir (5, 6).
Ayni aileden dort kist hidatik olgusu: aile taramasi gerekli mi?
The Old Kist started out life back in 1967 on Victoria Lane in a double-fronted shop.
PEZA said it has initially tapped the Philippine Association of State Universities and Colleges (PASUC) and the University of the Philippines to provide pilot areas mostly idle lands within their campuses that can be developed as model KIST parks.
Next week, the UP Board of Regents and UP System Chancellors are coming over as they are interested to join KIST.
The KIST system is only available on Linux-based systems, though a variant of it called KISTlite will be available on all versions of Tor.