COFFIN, n. 1. The chest or box in which a dead human body is buried, or deposited in a vault.2. A mold of paste for a pie.3. A paper case, in the form of a cone, used by grocers.4. In farriery, the hollow part of a horses hoof; or the whole hoof above the coronet, including the coffin-bone, which is a small spungy bone in the midst of the hoof, and possessing the whole form of the hoof.COFFIN, v.t. To put in or inclose in a coffin.
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