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noun
Cist  n.  
1.
(Antiq.) A box or chest. Specifically:
(a)
A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings.
(b)
A cinerary urn.
2.
See Cyst.





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"Cist" Quotes from Famous Books



... Arran, between Brodick and Lamlash, is a damaged circle 21 feet in diameter. At a distance of 60 feet from its circumference in a direction 35 deg. east of south is a stone 4 feet high. In the centre of the circle was found a cist cut in the underlying rock containing bluish earth and pieces of bone. Above were an implement and ...
— Rough Stone Monuments and Their Builders • T. Eric Peet


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