Definition of coffin

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

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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..
Vernaculous :: Vernaculous (a.) Scoffing; scurrilous.
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..
Scoptical :: Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing.
Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia..
Coffin :: Coffin (v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin..
Scoffery :: Scoffery (n.) The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery.
Pincoffin :: Pincoffin (n.) A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints..
Scoffing :: Scoffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Scof.
Jeering :: Jeering (a.) Mocking; scoffing.
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
Coffin :: Coffin (n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie..
White-foot :: White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin..
Railingly :: Railingly (adv.) With scoffing or insulting language.
Chest :: Chest (n.) A coffin.
Mephistophelian :: Mephistophelian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend; devilish; crafty..
Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.
Scoffingly :: Scoffingly (adv.) In a scoffing manner.
Coffining :: Coffining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Coffi.
Chest :: Chest (v. i.) To place in a coffin.
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