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Percuss :: Percuss (v. t.) To strike smartly; to strike upon or against; as, to percuss the chest in medical examination..

Mastful :: Mastful (a.) Abounding in mast; producing mast in abundance; as, the mastful forest; a mastful chestnut..

Hutch :: Hutch (v. t.) To hoard or lay up, in a chest..

Set :: Set (v. t.) To cause to sit; to make to assume a specified position or attitude; to give site or place to; to place; to put; to fix; as, to set a house on a stone foundation; to set a book on a shelf; to set a dish on a table; to set a chest or trunk on its bottom or on end..

Chest :: Chest (n.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ..

Whitworth Gun :: Whitworth gun () A form of rifled cannon and small arms invented by Sir Joseph Whitworth, of Manchester, England..

Inchest :: Inchest (v. t.) To put into a chest.

Chest :: Chest (v. i.) To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

Leader :: Leader (n.) A performer who leads a band or choir in music; also, in an orchestra, the principal violinist; the one who plays at the head of the first violins..

Chesterlite :: Chesterlite (n.) A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania..

Breast :: Breast (n.) The fore part of the body, between the neck and the belly; the chest; as, the breast of a man or of a horse..

Melodrama :: Melodrama (n.) Formerly, a kind of drama having a musical accompaniment to intensify the effect of certain scenes. Now, a drama abounding in romantic sentiment and agonizing situations, with a musical accompaniment only in parts which are especially thrilling or pathetic. In opera, a passage in which the orchestra plays a somewhat descriptive accompaniment, while the actor speaks; as, the melodrama in the gravedigging scene of Beethoven's Fidelio..

Horse-chestnut :: Horse-chestnut (n.) The tree itself, which was brought from Constantinople in the beginning of the sixteenth century, and is now common in the temperate zones of both hemispheres. The native American species are called buckeyes..

Chest Founder :: Chest founder () A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration..

Corsage :: Corsage (n.) a flower or small arrangement of flowers worn by a person as a personal ornament. Typically worn by women on special occasions (as, at a ball or an anniversary celebration), a corsage may be worn pinned to the chest, or tied to the wrist. It is usually larger or more elaborate than a boutonniere..

Stethoscope :: Stethometer (n.) An apparatus for measuring the external movements of a given point of the chest wall, during respiration; -- also called thoracometer..

Thoracentesis :: Thoracentesis (n.) The operation of puncturing the chest wall so as to let out liquids contained in the cavity of the chest.

Durion :: Durion (n.) The fruit of the durio. It is oval or globular, and eight or ten inches long. It has a hard prickly rind, containing a soft, cream-colored pulp, of a most delicious flavor and a very offensive odor. The seeds are roasted and eaten like chestnuts..

Safe :: Safe (n.) A strong and fireproof receptacle (as a movable chest of steel, etc., or a closet or vault of brickwork) for containing money, valuable papers, or the like..

Esculic :: Esculic (a.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the horse-chestnut; as, esculic acid..

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