Part 2077

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.</def>

<blockquote>He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's <b>coffers</b>, for honor sake. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Hold, here is half my <b>coffer</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch.)</fld> <def>A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.</def>

<cs><col>Coffer dam</col>. <fld>(Engin.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Cofferdam</er>, in the Vocabulary.</cd> -- <col>Coffer fish</col>. <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <cd>See <er>Cowfish</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Coffer</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cof"fer</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To put into a coffer.</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mining.)</fld> <def>To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.</def>

<i>Raymond.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.</def>

<h1>Cofferdam</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cof"fer*dam</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.</def>

<h1>Cofferer</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cof"fer*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who keeps treasures in a coffer.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<h1>Cofferwork</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cof"fer*work`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Masonry)</fld> <def>Rubblework faced with stone.</def>

<i>Knight.</i>

<h1>Coffin</h1> <Xpage=273>

<hw>Cof"fin</hw> <tt>(?; 115)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. <ets>cofin</ets>, fr. L. <ets>cophinus</ets>. See <er>Coffer</er>, <tt>n.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.</def>

<blockquote>They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a <b>coffin</b>. <i>Gen. 1. 26.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A basket.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.</def>

<blockquote>Of the paste a <b>coffin</b> I will rear. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>A conical paper bag, used by grocers.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>