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  1.  [f. CHEST v.] Inclosed in a chest or coffin.

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1601.  Holland, Pliny, I. 165. We … haue seen their bodies how they lie embalmed and chested.

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  2.  [f. CHEST sb.1 9.] Having a chest; chiefly in compounds, as bare-, broad-, deep-chested.

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1662.  Fuller, Worthies, Rutlandsh. A very proper man, broad-shouldered and chested.

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1703.  Lond. Gaz., No. 3941/4. A brown-bay Horse … well Chested.

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1815.  L. Hunt, Chorus Seneca’s Thyestes. No need … of vulgar force … or chested horse.

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1873.  Symonds, Grk. Poets, xii. 403. Stately maidens and bare-chested youths.

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