About The Word Casket
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Casket
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What's The Definition Of Casket?
[n] small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables
[n] box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [v] enclose in a casket Synonyms | Synonyms for Casket: coffin | jewel casket Related Terms | Find terms related to Casket: bottle up | box | box in | box up | burial case | cabin | case | chest | cloister | closet | coffer | coffin | confine | container | cramp | crib | encase | entomb | immure | kist | mummy case | receptacle | sarcophagus | straiten See Also | bier | box | enclose | inclose | sarcophagus | shut in Casket In Webster's Dictionary \Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr.
Sp. casco.]
1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental
character, as for jewels, etc.
The little casket bring me hither. --Shak.
2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
3. Anything containing or intended to contain something
highly esteemed; as:
(a) The body. (--Shak.)
(b) The tomb. (--Milton).
(c) A book of selections. [poetic]
They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
--Shak.
\Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See {Gasket}. \Cas"ket\, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] ``I have casketed my treasure.'' --Shak. |
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