As nouns the difference between hist and cist
is that hist is an instance of an exclamation attracting attention or injunction to be silent while cist is a small receptacle for sacred utensils carried in festivals in ancient Greece.
As an abbreviation Hist
is history (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience".
As an interjection hist
is An utterance used to discreetly attract someone's attention.As a verb hist
is {{eye dialect|hoist|lang=en}.
hist
English
Abbreviation
(Abbreviation)
(head)
History (in journal titles such as "J Hist Neurosci" - "Journal of the History of Neuroscience")
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* cist
English
Etymology 1
(etyl) cista, from (etyl) .
Noun
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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
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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
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