Definition of Kistvaen

1. n. A Celtic monument, commonly known as a dolmen.

Definition of Kistvaen

1. cist [n -S] - See also: cist

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Kistvaen

kissing disease
kissing disease
kissing kin
kissy
kiss curl
kiss of death
kiss of life
kiss of peace
kist
kisted
kistful
kistfuls
kisting
kistrin
kists
kistvaen (current term)
kistvaens
Kisumu
Kiswahili
kit
kit
Kitakyushu
kitalase
kitambilla
kitasamycin
Kitasato's bacillus
kitbag
kitbags
kitcat
kitchen

Literary usage of Kistvaen

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1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1886)
"... to us are rude stone circles, and the upright slabs and mounds, beneath which, like the primitive kistvaen- peoples of Europe, they buried their dead. ..."

2. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"... and in the inside of a kistvaen with a skeleton and well - polished stone celt. Specimens found in any such exceptional circumstances as these, however, ..."

3. The Ancient Stone Crosses of Dartmoor and Its Borderland by William Crossing (1902)
"... of Cross by the Wayside—Stone Pillar— Fox Tor—Tomb of Childe the Hunter—A Tradition of the Forest— A Despoiled Monument—Discovery of a kistvaen—Death ..."

4. Devon & Cornwall Notes & Queries edited by John S. Amery (1903)
"... of Cross by the Wayside—Stone Pillar— Fox Tor—Tomb of Childe the Hunter—A Tradition of the Forest— A Despoiled Monument—Discovery of a kistvaen—Death of ..."

5. An Exploration of Dartmoor and Its Antiquities: With Some Accounts of Its by John Lloyd Warden Page (1892)
"... Remains on the Yealm —The Wise Women of Wisdom—Harford—kistvaen and Ancient Settlement—-Piles Wood—Stall Moor—Western Beacon—Ivybridge—Fardel— Inscribed ..."

6. The Early Races of Scotland and Their Monuments by Forbes Leslie (1866)
"... and valuables deposited for its use, but still found in such tombs.1 In Circassia a monument in every way similar to the form of kistvaen of the Dekhan ..."

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