Chest /(chĕst)/

1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

   Heaps of money crowded in the chest.

2. A coffin. [Obs.]

   He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.

3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.
4. A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. (Com.)
5. A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. (Mech.)

imp. & p. p. Chested

1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.
2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]

   He dieth and is chested.

1. Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.]