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coffin
(kôf′in, käf′-)
noun
- the case or box in which a dead body is buried
- the horny part of a horse's hoof
Origin: ME & OFr cofin, basket, coffer < L cophinus < Gr kophinos, a basket
transitive verb
to put into or as if into a coffin
See coffin in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- An oblong box in which a corpse is buried.
- The horny part of a horse's hoof.
To place in or as if in a coffin.
Origin:
Origin: Middle English cofin, basket
Origin: , from Old French
Origin: , from Latin cophinus
Origin: , from Greek kophinos
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