n. [ OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n. ] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [ 1913 Webster ] They embalmed him [ Joseph ], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. A basket. [ Obs. ] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20). [ 1913 Webster ] 3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie. [ 1913 Webster ] Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [ Obs. ] Nares. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. --
Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone. [ 1913 Webster ]
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