Definition of coffin

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Coffin (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie..

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Kist :: Kist (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin..
Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..
Hearsecloth :: Hearsecloth (n.) A cloth for covering a coffin when on a bier; a pall.
Coffining :: Coffining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coffi.
Scoptical :: Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing.
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..
Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
Coffinless :: Coffinless (a.) Having no coffin.
Quittor :: Quittor (n.) A chronic abscess, or fistula of the coronet, in a horse's foot, resulting from inflammation of the tissues investing the coffin bone..
Encoffin :: Encoffin (v. t.) To put in a coffin.
White-foot :: White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin..
Coffined :: Coffined (imp. & p. p.) of Coffi.
Inhearse :: Inhearse (v. t.) To put in, or as in, a hearse or coffin..
Quarter :: Quarter (n.) That part on either side of a horse's hoof between the toe and heel, being the side of the coffin..
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers..
Chest :: Chest (n.) A coffin.
Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin..
Pastern :: Pastern (n.) The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse..
Lie :: Lie (adj.) To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; -- often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin..
Coffin :: Coffin (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin..
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