What is a coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer called?
chest — A coffin. [Obs.] He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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