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uncoffined

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un⋅cof⋅fined

  [uhn-kaw-find, -kof-ind]
Use uncoffined in a Sentence
–adjective
not put into a coffin: an uncoffined corpse.
Origin:
1640–50; un- 1 + coffin + -ed 3

cof⋅fin

  [kaw-fin, kof-in]
–noun
1. the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial; casket.
2. the part of a horse's foot containing the coffin bone.
3. Printing.
a. the bed of a platen press.
b. the wooden frame around the bed of an early wooden press.
–verb (used with object)
4. to put or enclose in or as in a coffin.
Origin:
1300–50; ME cofin < ONF < L cophinus < Gk kóphinos a kind of basket

Related forms:
cof⋅fin⋅less, adjective
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Word Origin & History

coffin 
c.1330, 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 1525; before that it was literal and had also a meaning of "pie crust." Coffin nail "cigarette" is slang from 1880.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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