Definition of cist

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Cist (n.) 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. See Illustration in Appendix..

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Exorcist :: Exorcist (n.) One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
Cistic :: Cistic (a.) See Cystic.
Castellated :: Castellated (a.) Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated..
Cistern :: Cistern (n.) An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids..
Decistere :: Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere..
Cesspool :: Cesspool (n.) A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptacle of filth..
Ancistroid :: Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Fraunhofer Lines :: Fraunhofer lines () The lines of the spectrun; especially and properly, the dark lines of the solar spectrum, so called because first accurately observed and interpreted by Fraunhofer, a German physicist..
Ladanum :: Ladanum (n.) A gum resin gathered from certain Oriental species of Cistus. It has a pungent odor and is chiefly used in making plasters, and for fumigation..
Bac :: Bac (n.) A vat or cistern. See 1st Back.
Steepiness :: Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped..
Alopecist :: Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
Impluvium :: Impluvium (n.) In Roman dwellings, a cistern or tank, set in the atrium or peristyle to recieve the water from the roof, by means of the compluvium; generally made ornamental with flowers and works of art around its birm..
Lade :: Lade (v. t.) To throw in out. with a ladle or dipper; to dip; as, to lade water out of a tub, or into a cistern..
Moccasin :: Moccasin (n.) A poisonous snake of the Southern United States. The water moccasin (Ancistrodon piscivorus) is usually found in or near water. Above, it is olive brown, barred with black; beneath, it is brownish yellow, mottled with darker. The upland moccasin is Ancistrodon atrofuscus. They resemble rattlesnakes, but are without rattles..
Solon :: Solon (n.) A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically..
Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
Catch-basin :: Catch-basin (n.) A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to catch bulky matters which would not pass readily through the sewer..
Pharmacist :: Pharmacist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
Etacist :: Etacist (n.) One who favors etacism.
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