Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Chest \Chest\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Chested}.]
   1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

   2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]

            He dieth and is chested.              --Gen. 1. 26
                                                  (heading).

Chest \Chest\, n. [AS. ce['a]st.]
   Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] --P. Plowman.

Chest \Chest\ (ch[e^]st), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist,
   cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. ki`sth. Cf. {Cist}, {Cistern}.]
   1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a
      trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

            Heaps of money crowded in the chest.  --Dryden.

   2. A coffin. [Obs.]

            He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. --Chaucer.

   3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone;
      the thorax.

   4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc.,
      are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case
      contains.

   5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding
      gas, steam, liquids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an
      engine; the wind chest of an organ.

   {Bomb chest}, See under {Bomb}.

   {Chest of drawers}, a case or movable frame containing
      drawers.

Source : WordNet®

chest
     n 1: the part of the human body between the neck and the
          diaphragm or the corresponding part in other vertebrates
          [syn: {thorax}, {pectus}]
     2: box with a lid; used for storage; usually large and sturdy
     3: furniture with drawers for keeping clothes [syn: {chest of
        drawers}, {bureau}, {dresser}]