Definition of coffer

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Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..

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Coffer :: Coffer (n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson..
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..
Jeerer :: Jeerer (n.) A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.
Coffer :: Coffer (n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
Englue :: Englue (v. t.) To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued..
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..
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..
Trunkfish :: Trunkfish (n.) Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae, having an angular body covered with a rigid integument consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called also coffer fish, and boxfish..
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering..
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..
Cleading :: Cleading (n.) The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc..
Batardeau :: Batardeau (n.) 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..
Cofferer :: Cofferer (n.) One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
Scoffer :: Scoffer (n.) One who scoffs.
Ark :: Ark (n.) A chest, or coffer..
Cofferwork :: Cofferwork (n.) Rubblework faced with stone.
Upspurner :: Upspurner (n.) A spurner or contemner; a despiser; a scoffer.
Coffer :: Coffer (v. t.) To put into a coffer.
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