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Coffin Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Coffin? [n] box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [v] place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Coffin: casket Related Terms \| Find terms related to Coffin: See Also \| bier \| box \| lay \| place \| pose \| position \| put \| sarcophagus \| set Coffin In Webster's Dictionary \Cof"fin\ (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. --Gen. 1. 26. 2. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20). 3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie. Of the paste a coffin I will rear. --Shak. 4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] --Nares. 5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. {Coffin bone}, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. {Coffin joint}, the joint next above the coffin bone. \Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Coffining}.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin. Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? --Shak. Devotion is not coffined in a cell. --John Hall (1646).

Coffin Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Coffin?

[n] box in which a corpse is buried or cremated
[v] place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Coffin: casket

Related Terms | Find terms related to Coffin:

Coffin In Webster's Dictionary

\Cof"fin\ (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF.
cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.]
1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for
   burial.

         They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a
         coffin.                               --Gen. 1. 26.

2. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).

3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

         Of the paste a coffin I will rear.    --Shak.

4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] --Nares.

5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below
   the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

{Coffin bone}, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals,
   inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third
   phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.

{Coffin joint}, the joint next above the coffin bone.


\Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Coffining}.]
To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.

      Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?
                                               --Shak.

      Devotion is not coffined in a cell.      --John Hall
                                               (1646).

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