chested (chested)

[ row- chested. chesteinet, n. See chesten . chestent, n. [Early mod. E., chesten , chest eine, chest eyne, chest on, chest an, chasten, chaste in, chestein, chasteyn, etc., also una ibi- lated kesteyn, casteyn, cast any (after L.); (a) partly cisten - beám , cyst - beam , also cystel , = OHG. chest inn a , kestinna , MHG. kestene , kesten , G. dial. keste , MHG. also kastānie , kastāne , G. kastanie = D. kastanje = Dan. Sw. kastanje , a chestnut; and (b) partly chastaine , chas- taigne, castaigne, F. châtaigne = Pr. castanha , castagna = Cat. cast any a = Sp. cast aña = Pg . castanha = It. castagna , chestnut; cast a- nea , ML. also cast an i a , castenia , a chestnut, the chestnut-tree, καστανέα , a chestnut, usu- ally in pl. κάστανα , καστάνια , καστάνεια , chestnuts ( κάστανος , a chestnut-tree), also prop. κάρυα Κα- στάνεια , οι κάρυα Κασταναῖα or Κασταναϊκά , nuts of Castana, Κάστανα , Καστανaia , a city in Pontus where chestnut-trees abounded. Hence ches- ten- nut , contr. chestnut , q. v.] 1. A chestnut. One who plays-2. The chestnut-tree. che -player (ches'plā"èr), n . che ; one skilled in the game of che . che -rook (ches'rúk), n. In her ., a represen- tation of the rook or castle in the game of che , Chasten wol uppe of plauntes that alone Upgrowe, or of his seedes multi plie. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 216. IMG:content-0244.jpg:[blocks in formation]