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fɪn, ˈkɒf noun
1.
Levi, 1798–1877, U.S. abolitionist leader.
2.
Robert P(eter) Tristram, 1892–1955, U.S. poet, essayist, and biographer.
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coffin (ˈkɒfɪn) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a box in which a corpse is buried or cremated |
| 2. | the part of a horse's foot that contains the coffin bone |
| —vb | |
| 3. | (tr) to place in or as in a coffin |
| 4. | engineering another name for flask |
| [C14: from Old French cofin, from Latin cophinus basket; see | |
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L coffin
is always a great word to know.
So is zedonk. Does it mean:
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
coffin
early 14c., from O.Fr. cofin "sarcophagus," earlier "basket, coffer," from L. cophinus "basket," from Gk. kophinos "a basket," of uncertain origin. Funeral sense in Eng. is 1520s; before that it was literal and had also a meaning of "pie crust." Coffin nail "cigarette" is slang from 1880.
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Easton
Bible Dictionary
Coffin definition
used in Gen. 50:26 with reference to the burial of Joseph. Here, it means a mummy-chest. The same Hebrew word is rendered "chest" in 2 Kings 12:9, 10.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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