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Pallbearer :: Pallbearer (n.) One of those who attend the coffin at a funeral; -- so called from the pall being formerly carried by them.

Unplumb :: Unplumb (v. t.) To deprive of lead, as of a leaden coffin..

Vernaculous :: Vernaculous (a.) Scoffing; scurrilous.

Shell :: Shell (n.) A coarse kind of coffin; also, a thin interior coffin inclosed in a more substantial one..

Sarcophagus :: Sarcophagus (n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia..

Kist :: Kist (n.) A chest; hence, a coffin..

Heathen :: Heathen (a.) Irreligious; scoffing.

Mephistophelian :: Mephistophelian (a.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the devil Mephistopheles, a crafty, scoffing, relentless fiend; devilish; crafty..

Pumiced :: Pumiced (a.) Affected with a kind of chronic laminitis in which there is a growth of soft spongy horn between the coffin bone and the hoof wall. The disease is called pumiced foot, or pumice foot..

Pastern :: Pastern (n.) The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of Horse..

Scoffingly :: Scoffingly (adv.) In a scoffing manner.

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone..

Pall :: Pall (n.) A large cloth, esp., a heavy black cloth, thrown over a coffin at a funeral; sometimes, also, over a tomb..

White-foot :: White-foot (n.) A white mark on the foot of a horse, between the fetlock and the coffin..

Chest :: Chest (n.) A coffin.

Coffin :: Coffin (n.) A conical paper bag, used by grocers..

Coffinless :: Coffinless (a.) Having no coffin.

Scoptical :: Scoptical (a.) Jesting; jeering; scoffing.

Pincoffin :: Pincoffin (n.) A commercial preparation of garancin, yielding fine violet tints..

Encoffin :: Encoffin (v. t.) To put in a coffin.

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