Casket

Definition of Casket

Cas´ket
n.1.A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.
The little casket bring me hither.
- Shak.
2.A kind of burial case.
3.Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed
They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
- Shak.
1.(Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.
v. t.1.To put into, or preserve in, a casket.

Related Words

bottle up, box in, box up, burial case, cabin, case, chest, cloister, closet, coffer, confine, container, cramp, crib, encase, entomb, immure, kist, mummy case, receptacle, sarcophagus, straiten
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