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kistvaen
kistvaen, cistvaen Archæol. (ˈkɪstvaɪn) [Anglicized spelling of Welsh cist faen, i.e. cist chest, cist + faen (pron. vaen) aspirated form of maen stone.] = cist 1.1715 Pennecuik Wks. (1815) 121 (E.D.D.), In trenching the ground for a garden was discovered another tomb, kisti-vaen..of five flags, wit...
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Dartmoor kistvaens
The Money Pit kistvaen story
This story features a very friendly, good-natured farmer. Once he had a dream about a kistvaen close to his farm. In his dream he saw that the kistvaen was filled with money.
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Arthur Mitchell (physician)
were found in a variety of locations: on the surface; in subterranean structures; in the heart of a large tumulus; outside a stone coffin; or inside a kistvaen
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cistic
cistic, a. rare. (ˈsɪstɪk) [f. cist + -ic.] Of the nature of a cist.1866 Huxley Preh. Rem. Caithn. 127 These cistic tombs..are most likely subsequent..to the large kistvaen.
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Nine Maidens stone circle
The stone circle functioned as a burial chamber, although the cairn has since been robbed and the cist, known locally as a kistvaen, destroyed.
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peulvan
‖ peulvan, -ven Archæol. (p{obar}lvɑ̃) [Fr. peulven (1837 in Ernault, 1876 in Compl. Dict. Acad.), peulven or peulvan (1879 in Dict. Acad.), a. Breton peûlvan (Le Pelletier 1752), dial. Quiberon palwen (Ernault), f. peûl stake, pillar (= Welsh pawl, L. pālus) + van, mutate of man appearance, figure,...
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cist
▪ I. cist (sɪst, kɪst) Erron. cyst. Cf. kist n.1 4 b. [ad. L. cist-a, a. Gr. κίστη box, chest. See chest, kist. But in sense 1, app. taken immed. from Welsh cist in cist faen stone coffin: see kistvaen.] 1. a. Preh. Archæol. A sepulchral chest or chamber excavated in rock or formed of stones or holl...
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List of English words of Welsh origin
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cist (archaeological) a stone-lined coffin
cromlech from crom llech literally "crooked flat stone"
crwth "a bowed lyre"
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kiste
▪ I. kist, n.1 Sc. and north. dial. (kɪst) Forms: (1 cest, cist, cyst), 3–5 kiste, 4– kist, (4–6 kyst(e, 4 kystte, 6 keste). [Northern form of chest n.1; either directly from Scandinavian, or owing its form to Norse influence; cf. ON. kista, Sw. kista, Da. kiste; also Du. kist, Ger. kiste. With the ...
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