Definition of coffer

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Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..

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Coffer :: Coffer (n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
Cofferer :: Cofferer (n.) One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..
Englue :: Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued..
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To put into a coffer.
Hutch :: Hutch (n.) A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch..
Jeerer :: Jeerer (n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam..
Cowfish :: Cowfish (n.) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish..
Derider :: Derider (n.) One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire..
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..
Cofferdam :: Cofferdam (n.) A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc..
Mocker :: Mocker (n.) One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider..
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables..
Pile :: Pile (n.) A large stake, or piece of timber, pointed and driven into the earth, as at the bottom of a river, or in a harbor where the ground is soft, for the support of a building, a pier, or other superstructure, or to form a cofferdam, etc..
Scoffer :: Scoffer (n.) One who scoffs.
Cofferwork :: Cofferwork (n.) Rubblework faced with stone.
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