casketn.

Brit.

/ˈkɑːskɪt/,

/ˈkaskɪt/, U.S.

/ˈkæskət/

Forms: Also 1500s caskytt, 1600s cascate, 1800s casquet.

Etymology: Of uncertain etymology: the form suggests a diminutive of cask n.; but casket in fact occurs earlier than cask, and is without precedent as to meaning in French or other language. French casquet is quoted by Littré only of 16th cent. in sense ‘light helmet’, which is also the sense of Spanish casquete . Skeat conjectures that casket may have been corrupted from French cassette ‘small casket, chest, cabinet’, etc., diminutive of casse box, chest, case n.¹; this would give the sense, but evidence of, or analogy for, the corruption is wanting. Moreover Littré has French cassette only from 16th cent., when it may have been adopted < Italian cassetta: there is no trace of it in English in 15th or 16th centuries.

a. A small box or chest for jewels, letters, or other things of value, itself often of valuable material and richly ornamented.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box > for valuable things

tyec725

scrinea1350

casket1467

cask1594

écrin1855

1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 379 The same quayer to be put in a boxe called a Casket.

1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 566 Syche othyr wryghtyngys and stuff as was in my kasket.

1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 203/1 Casket or hamper, escrayn.

1570 in H. Arnot Hist. Edinb. (1779) i. i. 30 The confident of the Earl of Bothwell..delivered to the Earl's servant his casket of letters.

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 18 This casket threatens men that hazard all.

1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 8 This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks.

1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. i. 6 A richly carved casket of ivory.

†b. Money-box or ‘chest’ (? pseudo-arch).

ΘΚΠ

society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun]

boxc1300

packa1393

money coffer1525

money box1585

cashc1595

kista1625

shuttle1626

money chest1683

lob1718

cash-chest1719

bank coffer1797

casket1832

cash-box1834

Peter1859

1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher III. i. 53 An order on the King's casket for a thousand pounds.

2. figurative.

a. In general uses.

ΚΠ

a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 40 They found him dead..An empty Casket, where the Iewell of life..was rob'd, and tane away.

1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. A iij b Ransack this Cascate (therefore) where you'l find Plenty of Jewels to adorn the Mind.

a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 146 A volume..Poor earthly casket of immortal Verse!

1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. x. 223 I unlock the casket of memory.

b. Sometimes used as the title of a selection of musical or literary ‘gems’.

ΚΠ

1850 (title) Casket of Modern and Popular Songs.

1871 (title) Casquet of Gems for the Pianoforte.

1877 (title) Casquet of Literature.

3. A coffin. U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin

chestc890

througheOE

tombc1300

cofferc1381

kista1400

coffin1525

box1614

sandapile1623

wooden doublet1761

pillbox1789

casket1849

wooden surtout1864

pine overcoat1890

overcoat1904

wooden kimono1926

pine drape1945

wooden suit1968

1849 C. Spencer Let. 20 Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 264 The casket, which held this jewel [sc. her dead friend], was worthy of it.

1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 138 ‘Caskets!’—a vile modern phrase, which compels a person..to shrink..from the idea of being buried at all.

1870 Corresp. in New York In America a coffin is called a casket.

1881 Times 24 Sept. 6 (New York Corresp.) Here the casket will be placed on the train for Cleveland.

1885 Times 6 Aug. 5 Members..mounted guard and stood around the casket in the funeral coach.

1895 Daily News 29 June 2/1 The strange-looking mahogany coffin (it is called a casket in the United States).

1948 Atlantic Sept. 87/2 Shrouds have long since become slumber robes, and coffins caskets.

1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death v. 180 The only difference between an English ‘casket’ and a ‘coffin’ is in the shape, the former being rectangular, and the latter, tapered or ‘kite-shaped’.

Compounds

casket lens n. (see quot. 1895).

ΚΠ

1892 J. T. Taylor Optics Photogr. 88 Casket lenses are now being made by several manufacturers.

1895 J. A. Hodges Photographic Lenses xviii. 113 ‘Casket’ lenses..are not usually ‘combination’ lenses,..the casket usually containing three or more doublet lenses... The casket system..provides the novice with several lenses of various focal lengths..so that different angles of view may be included upon the same plate.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

casketv.

Etymology: < casket n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcasket.

transitive. To enclose or put up in a casket.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure

casea1525

to case up1566

chamber1568

bag1570

embower1580

cistern1587

bower1599

casket1603

entemple1603

immould1610

incavern1611

incave1615

chest1616

enchest1632

intrunk1633

labyrinth1637

caverna1640

cabinetc1642

ark1644

to box in1745

lantern1789

cauldron1791

cave1816

pocket1833

castle1871

1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 82 The Priests themselves doe full devoutly Casket up as homelie & brayed wares as these.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 23 I haue writ my letters, casketted my treasure.

1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie v. sig. I4^v This Mirrour, which Ile casket, As my best jewell.

Derivatives

ˈcasketed adj.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > in or as in other specific enclosure or receptacle

chamberedc1540

housed1569

bagged1572

celled1586

arboured1606

closeteda1649

vesselled1660

cabineted1680

encysted1705

caverned1734

mounded1807

castled1821

casketed1822

styed1829

tree-embowered1866

tunnelled1901

1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 58 The beauties casketted like gems within these walls.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	casket
释义	casketn. Brit. /ˈkɑːskɪt/, /ˈkaskɪt/, U.S. /ˈkæskət/ Forms: Also 1500s caskytt, 1600s cascate, 1800s casquet. Etymology: Of uncertain etymology: the form suggests a diminutive of cask n.; but casket in fact occurs earlier than cask, and is without precedent as to meaning in French or other language. French casquet is quoted by Littré only of 16th cent. in sense ‘light helmet’, which is also the sense of Spanish casquete . Skeat conjectures that casket may have been corrupted from French cassette ‘small casket, chest, cabinet’, etc., diminutive of casse box, chest, case n.¹; this would give the sense, but evidence of, or analogy for, the corruption is wanting. Moreover Littré has French cassette only from 16th cent., when it may have been adopted < Italian cassetta: there is no trace of it in English in 15th or 16th centuries. 1. a. A small box or chest for jewels, letters, or other things of value, itself often of valuable material and richly ornamented. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > box > [noun] > small box > for valuable things tyec725 scrinea1350 casket1467 cask1594 écrin1855 1467 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 379 The same quayer to be put in a boxe called a Casket. 1471 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 566 Syche othyr wryghtyngys and stuff as was in my kasket. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 203/1 Casket or hamper, escrayn. 1570 in H. Arnot Hist. Edinb. (1779) i. i. 30 The confident of the Earl of Bothwell..delivered to the Earl's servant his casket of letters. 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice ii. vii. 18 This casket threatens men that hazard all. View more context for this quotation 1714 A. Pope Rape of Lock (new ed.) i. 8 This Casket India's glowing Gems unlocks. 1876 H. N. Humphreys Coin Coll. Man. i. 6 A richly carved casket of ivory. †b. Money-box or ‘chest’ (? pseudo-arch). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > place for keeping money > money box or chest > [noun] boxc1300 packa1393 money coffer1525 money box1585 cashc1595 kista1625 shuttle1626 money chest1683 lob1718 cash-chest1719 bank coffer1797 casket1832 cash-box1834 Peter1859 1832 L. Hunt Sir Ralph Esher III. i. 53 An order on the King's casket for a thousand pounds. 2. figurative. a. In general uses. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 40 They found him dead..An empty Casket, where the Iewell of life..was rob'd, and tane away. View more context for this quotation 1669 S. Sturmy Mariners Mag. A iij b Ransack this Cascate (therefore) where you'l find Plenty of Jewels to adorn the Mind. a1807 W. Wordsworth Prelude (1959) v. 146 A volume..Poor earthly casket of immortal Verse! 1822 W. Hazlitt Table-talk II. x. 223 I unlock the casket of memory. b. Sometimes used as the title of a selection of musical or literary ‘gems’. ΚΠ 1850 (title) Casket of Modern and Popular Songs. 1871 (title) Casquet of Gems for the Pianoforte. 1877 (title) Casquet of Literature. 3. A coffin. U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > receptacle for remains > [noun] > coffin chestc890 througheOE tombc1300 cofferc1381 kista1400 coffin1525 box1614 sandapile1623 wooden doublet1761 pillbox1789 casket1849 wooden surtout1864 pine overcoat1890 overcoat1904 wooden kimono1926 pine drape1945 wooden suit1968 1849 C. Spencer Let. 20 Mar. in N. E. Eliason Tarheel Talk (1956) 264 The casket, which held this jewel [sc. her dead friend], was worthy of it. 1863 N. Hawthorne Our Old Home I. 138 ‘Caskets!’—a vile modern phrase, which compels a person..to shrink..from the idea of being buried at all. 1870 Corresp. in New York In America a coffin is called a casket. 1881 Times 24 Sept. 6 (New York Corresp.) Here the casket will be placed on the train for Cleveland. 1885 Times 6 Aug. 5 Members..mounted guard and stood around the casket in the funeral coach. 1895 Daily News 29 June 2/1 The strange-looking mahogany coffin (it is called a casket in the United States). 1948 Atlantic Sept. 87/2 Shrouds have long since become slumber robes, and coffins caskets. 1963 J. Mitford Amer. Way of Death v. 180 The only difference between an English ‘casket’ and a ‘coffin’ is in the shape, the former being rectangular, and the latter, tapered or ‘kite-shaped’. Compounds casket lens n. (see quot. 1895). ΚΠ 1892 J. T. Taylor Optics Photogr. 88 Casket lenses are now being made by several manufacturers. 1895 J. A. Hodges Photographic Lenses xviii. 113 ‘Casket’ lenses..are not usually ‘combination’ lenses,..the casket usually containing three or more doublet lenses... The casket system..provides the novice with several lenses of various focal lengths..so that different angles of view may be included upon the same plate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2022). casketv. Etymology: < casket n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcasket. transitive. To enclose or put up in a casket. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > enclose [verb (transitive)] > in or as in other specific receptacle or enclosure casea1525 to case up1566 chamber1568 bag1570 embower1580 cistern1587 bower1599 casket1603 entemple1603 immould1610 incavern1611 incave1615 chest1616 enchest1632 intrunk1633 labyrinth1637 caverna1640 cabinetc1642 ark1644 to box in1745 lantern1789 cauldron1791 cave1816 pocket1833 castle1871 1603 S. Harsnett Declar. Popish Impostures 82 The Priests themselves doe full devoutly Casket up as homelie & brayed wares as these. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) ii. v. 23 I haue writ my letters, casketted my treasure. View more context for this quotation 1636 T. Heywood Challenge for Beautie v. sig. I4^v This Mirrour, which Ile casket, As my best jewell. Derivatives ˈcasketed adj. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > enclosing or enclosure > [adjective] > enclosed > in or as in other specific enclosure or receptacle chamberedc1540 housed1569 bagged1572 celled1586 arboured1606 closeteda1649 vesselled1660 cabineted1680 encysted1705 caverned1734 mounded1807 castled1821 casketed1822 styed1829 tree-embowered1866 tunnelled1901 1822 W. Irving Bracebridge Hall I. 58 The beauties casketted like gems within these walls. 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