kist

noun 5verb 1name 1

Collocations

ADJ.

broken, cracked, locked

VERB + KIST

become

KIST + NOUN

storehouse

PREP.

ADV.

only

noun

A chest.

the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]

A coffin.

Alternative form of cist (“crypt”).

The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents.

verb

To place in a coffin.

noun

An individual installment of the yearly land revenue.

the spear he killed the gryphon with was locked in a kist there, or so some said […]

Wiktionary

The global library of ice has become a cracked kist, a broken storehouse leaking its contents.

Wiktionary

Daniel was the only one who could read the writing on the wall, as he was the only Volapükist.

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