The chest is, in fact, a drawer, while the chest is a large box of wood, which has a lid. It has long been stored in it items needed on the farm. Small boxes began to appear later. At first, their sizes were as follows. They were less than two cubits in length, one cubit in height and one cubicle in width. Details that this is a chest will be described in the article.
Dictionary word
There you can find two interpretations of the studied token.
- The first is a small drawer with a lid, which stores various things, mostly jewelry. As a rule, it is expensively decorated.
- In the second case, the casket is just a small chest where various objects of small sizes can lie.
What is the origin of this token?
Etymology
The word is formed from the noun "casket", which is rooted in one of the languages of the Scandinavian peoples, which was spoken by the ancient Swedes. In ancient Swedish there is a noun larr, meaning "drawer", "chest". And in Swedish there is the word lår, the meaning of which is “chest”, “box”.
From there comes the old Russian "chest", which also means "box", "chest". It is found in the Collection of Svyatoslav 1076, - one of the oldest surviving manuscript books of Ancient Russia. There was also Izbornik 1073. Both of these books were compiled by two scribes for Svyatoslav Yaroslavich, the Grand Duke. These are mainly philosophical notes, excerpts from the lives of saints, from the Bible, moralizing.
An interesting fact is that the word "chest" is one of the few borrowed from the Swedes. Nevertheless, it is evidence that the Russians and the Swedes have deep historical ties. In Finnish, there is a noun laari, which translates as “box”. Perhaps it also comes from the Swedish language, and perhaps it was formed by borrowing from Russian.
Synonyms for the word "casket"
Among them are found such as:
- casket;
- chest;
- box;
- tabernacle;
- casket;
- small chest;
- styling;
- the ark;
- Reliquary
- golovashnik;
- doscan;
- colorful woman;
- bead;
- bagel.
Consider this product in more detail.
Description
Now “casket” is an obsolete word, more often it is used in literary speech, in fairy tales, in historical chronicles. Today, the “casket" is more familiar to us. Such a box or box is not always, but often has the shape of a rectangular parallelepiped and is used to store jewelry in it. And also it holds money, documents, other small items, usually having a certain value.
Usually the caskets are locked. In the 16-17 centuries. To achieve greater security, caskets were made in which there were hiding places in the lid or under the false bottom. In the 19th century caskets with a secret appear, they can be opened only by performing certain non-obvious actions or a series of complex manipulations. In the literature you can find many examples telling that in the caskets they often hid dirt on their enemies or rivals.
Often these products are of great value. To give a beautiful appearance, they are covered with materials such as ivory, enamel, leather, precious metals (silver and gold). And also caskets are decorated with precious stones: rubies, emeralds, sapphires. Stones can also be semiprecious (for example, corals, turquoise, carnelian). When making use of various technologies, among which can be called engraving, inlay, cloisonne enamel, grain, filigree.
The Golden Casket
This is a whole network of jewelry stores located in Russia, in the Krasnodar Territory. It was founded in 1994. Immediately after the opening of the first store in a short time, many customers were attracted, who became regular customers. Today, this retail network continues to grow successfully.
Under the same name, there is an online jewelry store. There customers can find a wide selection of products of various designs at affordable prices. This store sells jewelry made in the city of Yaroslavl.