CPage 399
- English Word Coffer Definition Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
- English Word Coffer Definition A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
- English Word Coffer Definition A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
- English Word Coffer Definition The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
- English Word Coffer Definition To put into a coffer.
- English Word Coffer Definition To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
- English Word Coffer Definition To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
- English Word Cofferdam Definition A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
- English Word Cofferer Definition One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
- English Word Cofferwork Definition Rubblework faced with stone.
- English Word Coffin Definition The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
- English Word Coffin Definition A basket.
- English Word Coffin Definition A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
- English Word Coffin Definition A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
- English Word Coffin Definition The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
- English Word Coffin Definition To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
- English Word Coffined Definition of Coffin
- English Word Coffining Definition of Coffin
- English Word Coffinless Definition Having no coffin.
- English Word Coffle Definition A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.