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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Pharmacist :: Pharmacist (n.) One skilled in pharmacy; a pharmaceutist; a druggist.
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..
Steepiness :: Steeper (n.) A vessel, vat, or cistern, in which things are steeped..
Solecistical :: Solecistical (a.) Pertaining to, or involving, a solecism; incorrect..
Publicist :: Publicist (n.) A writer on the laws of nature and nations; one who is versed in the science of public right, the principles of government, etc..
Trass :: Trass (n.) A white to gray volcanic tufa, formed of decomposed trachytic cinders; -- sometimes used as a cement. Hence, a coarse sort of plaster or mortar, durable in water, and used to line cisterns and other reservoirs of water..
Cistercian :: Cistercian (a.) Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
Exorcist :: Exorcist (n.) A conjurer who can raise spirits.
Myrrh :: Myrrh (n.) A gum resin, usually of a yellowish brown or amber color, of an aromatic odor, and a bitter, slightly pungent taste. It is valued for its odor and for its medicinal properties. It exudes from the bark of a shrub of Abyssinia and Arabia, the Balsamodendron Myrrha. The myrrh of the Bible is supposed to have been partly the gum above named, and partly the exudation of species of Cistus, or rockrose..
Vitalist :: Vitalist (n.) A believer in the theory of vitalism; -- opposed to physicist.
Ancistroid :: Ancistroid (a.) Hook-shaped.
Alopecist :: Alopecist (n.) A practitioner who tries to prevent or cure baldness.
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..
Sump :: Sump (n.) The cistern or reservoir made at the lowest point of a mine, from which is pumped the water which accumulates there..
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..
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..
Exorcist :: Exorcist (n.) One who expels evil spirits by conjuration or exorcism.
Physicist :: Physicist (n.) One versed in physics.
Abacist :: Abacist (n.) One who uses an abacus in casting accounts; a calculator.
Washer :: Washer (n.) A fitting, usually having a plug, applied to a cistern, tub, sink, or the like, and forming the outlet opening..
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