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cas⋅ket
[kas-kit, kah-skit] 
–noun
| 1. | a coffin. |
| 2. | a small chest or box, as for jewels. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to put or enclose in a casket. |
Origin:
1425–75; late ME < ?
1425–75; late ME < ?
Related forms:
cas⋅ket⋅like, adjective
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| cas·ket (kās'kĭt) n.
To enclose in a case, chest, or coffin. [Middle English, possibly alteration of Old French cassette; see cassette.] |
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Casket
Cas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. --Shak. 2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.] 3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (--Shak.) (b) The tomb. (--Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. --Shak.Casket
Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.Casket
Cas"ket\, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." --Shak.
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Language Translation for : Casket
Spanish:
cofre,
German:
das Schmuckkästchen,
Japanese:
小箱
casket
1461, "small box for jewels, etc.," possibly formed as a dim. of Eng. cask, or from Norm.-Fr. cassette, from M.Fr. casset (see cassette). Meaning of "coffin" is Amer.Eng., probably euphemistic, first attested 1849.
"Caskets! a vile modern phrase, which compels a person ... to shrink ... from the idea of being buried at all." [Hawthorne, 1863]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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