Chest

(chest.) [Ger. ki ste.] Generally, a case, box, or coffer (Anat.) The THORAX, q. v. Ches'ter, a city and seaport of England, C. of Cheshire, on the Dee, 164 m. N.W. of London. This is one of the most picturesque cities in Europe, exhibiting as it does the architectural features of a city of the Middle Ages in perfect preservation. Its streets are arched over by the colonnades of the houses, here called rows. The old walls form a magnificent promenade; the Cathedral is a noble Gothic pile, built in 1094, and in a crypt of St. John's Church (built in 698) is interred Harold, the " Last of the Saxon Kings." C., originally a Roman city (Cestrium), and esteemed the key to North Wales, sustained a long siege during the Civil Wars, 1644. The heirs-apparent to the English throne take as their 2d title that of Earl of Chester. Pop. 34,229. [s. 174]