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cist | bist |

As a noun cist

is a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient greece or cist can be (archaeology) a crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.

As a numeral bist is

twenty.

cist

English

Etymology 1

(etyl) cista, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece

    • Etymology 2

    (etyl) cist faen (see kistvaen, cistvaen, from (etyl) cist

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
    • Derived terms
    * cist-urn

    Anagrams

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    bist

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • Originally used to form the second person singular of be, but can denote other present tense forms, such as: are, am, is
  • *1875 , Mark Lemon, Henry Mayhew, Tom Taylor, Punch :
    • Thee bist rayther too much a feelosofer, I be afeard, for me.
  • *1904 , Henry Branch, Cotswold and vale :
    • Lookee, thee bist' purty, my love; lookee, thee ' bist purty: thee hast dove's eyes betwix thy locks; thy locks be like a flock o' ship fur thickedness.
    Where bist goin'.
  • :: Where are you going?
    • I bist goin' 'ome.
  • :: I am going home
    • How bist ?
  • :: How are you?

    • Related terms

    * bin * bisn't

    Anagrams

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