chest of drawers

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.One who, or that which, draws; as: (a) One who draws liquor for guests; a waiter in a taproom. --Shak. (b) One who delineates or depicts; a draughtsman; as, a good drawer. (c) (Law) One who draws a bill of exchange or order for payment; -- the correlative of drawee. [1913 Webster]

2.That which is drawn; as: (a) A sliding box or receptacle in a case, which is opened by pulling or drawing out, and closed by pushing in. (b) pl. An under-garment worn on the lower limbs. [1913 Webster]

Chest of drawers. See under Chest. [1913 Webster]

1.A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth. [1913 Webster]

Heaps of money crowded in the chest.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

2.A coffin. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

He is now dead and mailed in his cheste.— Chaucer.[1913 Webster]

3.The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax. [1913 Webster]

4.(Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]

Bomb chest, See under Bomb.

Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers. [1913 Webster]