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coffin definition

cof·fin (kôf′in, käf′-)

noun

  1. the case or box in which a dead body is buried
  2. the horny part of a horse's hoof

Etymology: ME & OFr cofin, basket, coffer < L cophinus < Gr kophinos, a basket

transitive verb

to put into or as if into a coffin

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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