单词 | uncoffined |
释义 | uncoffinedadj.1 Not enclosed in a coffin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > placed in coffin > not uncoffined1648 coffinless1817 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongekist, vnchested, or Vncoffined. 1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 218 An uncoffined body being laid in a ground exposed to wet [etc.]. 1743 R. Blair Grave 10 A Dungeon-Slave, that's bury'd In the High-way, unshrouded and uncoffin'd. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 30 A small ancient dungeon, wherein were found the uncoffined bones of a large man. 1884 Athenæum 16 Aug. 203/3 This is the last instance we remember of a body being buried uncoffined when laid in consecrated ground with the rites of the Church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021). uncoffinedadj.2 Taken out of a coffin. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [adjective] > removed from coffin uncoffined1836 1836 F. Mahony Reliques Father Prout I. 164 A newly uncoffined mummy (warranted of the era of Sesostris). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < adj.11648adj.21836 |
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