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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Cistercian :: Cistercian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
Leader :: Leader (n.) A pipe for conducting rain water from a roof to a cistern or to the ground; a conductor.
Bernardine :: Bernardine (n.) A Cistercian monk.
Solecist :: Solecist (n.) One who commits a solecism.
Hypocist :: Hypocist (n.) An astringent inspissated juice obtained from the fruit of a plant (Cytinus hypocistis), growing from the roots of the Cistus, a small European shrub..
Romancist :: Romancist (n.) A romancer.
Tank :: Tank (n.) A large basin or cistern; an artificial receptacle for liquids.
Decistere :: Decistere (n.) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere..
Suspiration :: Suspiral (n.) A spring of water passing under ground toward a cistern or conduit.
Technicist :: Technicist (n.) One skilled in technics or in one or more of the practical arts.
Polemicist :: Polemicist (n.) A polemic.
Hylicist :: Hylicist (n.) A philosopher who treats chiefly of matter; one who adopts or teaches hylism.
Solecistically :: Solecistically (adv.) In a solecistic manner.
Itacist :: Itacist (n.) One who is in favor of itacism.
Solecistic :: Solecistic (a.) Solecistical.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
Exorcist :: Exorcist (n.) One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
Bernardine :: Bernardine (a.) Of or pertaining to St. Bernard of Clairvaux, or to the Cistercian monks..
Geissler Tube :: Geissler tube () A glass tube provided with platinum electrodes, and containing some gas under very low tension, which becomes luminous when an electrical discharge is passed through it; -- so called from the name of a noted maker in germany. It is called also Plucker tube, from the German physicist who devised it..
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..
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