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Definition of Cists
1. cist [n] - See also: cist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cists
Literary usage of Cists
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1906)
"The cists of the lower, or oldest, layer were in three groups; those of the middle
layer, in four groups ; while the cists of the top layer were fairly ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1879)
"DESCRIPTION OF TWO STONE cists, DISCOVERED NEAR HIGHLAND, IN MADISON Co., ...
These cists are of the same shape and size, and lie in exactly the same ..."
3. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish Academy (1907)
"There are, it may be remembered, three preceding papers,1 which maybe taken with
the present one as covering the known dolmens, cists, and pillars of Clare. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1891)
"NOTICE OF THE EXCAVATION OF TWO CAIRNS CONTAINING cists AND URNS, AT WOODFIELD,
ON THE FARM OF HIGHBANKS, PARISH OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT. ..."
5. The Popular Science Monthly (1891)
"Index to Volume XXXVIII 865 •'•'• NEW YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, 1, 3, AKD
B BOND STREET. NUMHER, 50 cists. ..."
6. International Congress of Prehistoric Archæology: Transactions of the Third (1869)
"NOTICE OF A GROUP OF cists RECENTLY FOUND AT ... because, in some instances, long
and short cists have been found under the same cairn, ..."
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