Bible Dictionaries
Coffin
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(n.) A basket.
(2):
(n.) A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
(3):
(n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
(4):
(n.) The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
(5):
(n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
(6):
(v. t.) To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Coffin'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/coffin.html. 1828.