Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Coffin
coffin, n. [ME < OFr cofin, little basket, case < Gk. kophinos.]
Casket; box for burial; container for a dead person's body; [fig.] desolation; empty place.
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coffin, n. [ME < OFr cofin, little basket, case < Gk. kophinos.]
Casket; box for burial; container for a dead person's body; [fig.] desolation; empty place.
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