coffer vs kist

coffer

noun
  • A strong chest or box used for keeping money or valuables safe. 

  • An ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome. 

  • A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it with raking fire. 

  • A cofferdam. 

  • A supply or store of money, often belonging to an organization. 

verb
  • To put money or valuables in a coffer 

  • To decorate something, especially a ceiling, with coffers. 

kist

noun
  • A chest. 

  • An individual installment of the yearly land revenue. 

  • A coffin. 

verb
  • To place in a coffin. 

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