Definition of Coffin
Cof´fin
n.
1.
The
case
in
which
a
dead
human
body
is
inclosed
for
burial
.
They
embalmed
him
[
Joseph
],
and
he
was
put
in
a
coffin
.
- Gen. 1. 26.
2.
A
basket
.
3.
A
casing
or
crust
,
or
a
mold
,
of
pastry
,
as
for
a
pie
.
Of
the
paste
a
coffin
I
will
rear
.
- Shak.
4.
A
conical
paper
bag
,
used
by
grocers
.
5.
(Far.)
The
hollow
crust
or
hoof
of
a
horse
'
s
foot
,
below
the
coronet
,
in
which
is
the
coffin
bone
.
Coffin bone
the
foot
bone
of
the
horse
and
allied
animals
,
inclosed
within
the
hoof
,
and
corresponding
to
the
third
phalanx
of
the
middle
finger
,
or
toe
,
of
most
mammals
.
Coffin joint
the
joint
next
above
the
coffin
bone
.
v. t.
1.
To
inclose
in
,
or
as
in
,
a
coffin
.
[
imp
. &
p
.
p
.
Coffined
;
p
.
pr
. &
vb
.
n
.
Coffining
.]
Would
'
st
thou
have
laughed
,
had
I
come
coffined
home
?
- Shak.
Devotion
is
not
coffined
in
a
cell
.
- John Hall (1646).
Related Words
casket
,
lay
,
place
,
pose
,
position
,
put
,
set
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