单词 | encoffin |
释义 | encoffinv. Now rare. transitive. To put into a coffin; hence, to shut up, hide away. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > prepare corpse [verb (transitive)] > put in coffin chest1473 cere1525 board1535 coffin1564 incoffin?1575 encoffin1598 hearse1606 kistc1650 1598 E. Guilpin Skialetheia v. sig. D4v I had rather be encoffin'd in this chest. 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 868 His bones were..solemnly encoffined in the Chancell. 1670 W. Penn Great Case Liberty of Consc. 15 They condemn the Papists for encoffening the Scriptures..in an unknown tongue. Derivatives enˈcoffining n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > putting in coffin chesting1535 encoffining1856 encoffinment1882 1856 Chambers's Jrnl. 5 214 The encoffining..of the dead was regarded as of greater consequence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1598 |
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