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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.

Ches`sy" cop"per (?). (Min.) The mineral
azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near
Lyons; called also chessylite.

Chest (ch&ebreve;st), 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.


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