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Definition of Chests
1. chest [n] - See also: chest
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chests
Literary usage of Chests
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Colonial Furniture in America by Luke Vincent Lockwood (1921)
"11 chests A has often been pointed out, chests have been in use for many centuries.
... chests or coffers, therefore, are among man's oldest possessions. ..."
2. The Progress of America, from the Discovery by Columbus to the Year 1846 by John Macgregor (1847)
"The Neptune, of London, from Madras, 50 men, 645 tons; discharged 1620 bal» of
cotton, 826 chests of indigo, 3374 bags of rice, 768 bags of sugar, ..."
3. Reports of Cases Argued and Adjudged in the Supreme Court of the United States by United States Supreme Court, William Cranch, Henry Wheaton, Richard Peters, Benjamin Chew Howard, Jeremiah Sullivan Black (1904)
"8BO chests of Tea. counsel for the United States objecting thereto ... act, it
is necessary, not only that the chests should be unaccompanied by the proper ..."
4. Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by William B. Dana (1862)
"Although indigo fell in price at one time, the imports of shipments from Calcutta
were about 2000 chests in excess of I860. As, however, the consumption was ..."
5. Two Years Before the Mast by Richard Henry Dana (1897)
"He interested one of the Islanders, and prevailed upon him and three others to
come on board with their chests and baggage, and sent a hasty summons to me ..."
6. Curiosities of Natural History by Francis Trevelyan Buckland (1882)
"MORTUARY chests AT WINCHESTER CATHEDRAL. WHEN I was at Winchester school, the
custom was for all the boys to attend the service in the cathedral on Sundays, ..."
7. The Young Mill-wright and Miller's Guide: Illustrated by Twenty-eight by Oliver Evans, Cadwallader Evans, Thomas Ellicott (1860)
"OF BOLTING chests AND REELS. Bolting chests and reels are of different ...
Common country chests (a top view of one of which is shown in Plate XIX., fig. ..."
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