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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Coffin \Cof"fin\ (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF.
cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.]
1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for
burial.
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They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a
coffin. --Gen. 1. 26.
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2. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).
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3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
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Of the paste a coffin I will rear. --Shak.
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4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] --Nares.
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5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below
the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
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{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.
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