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Definition of: coffin
(kôf′in, kof′-) noun
1. The case in which a corpse is buried.
2. The part of a horse's hoof below the coronet.
—v.t. To put into or as into a coffin. [<OF cofin <L cophinus <Gk. kophinos basket]
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