[Sca-cooks] Funeral word defnitions
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Here are some OED definitions.
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Box: a case or receptacle usually having a lid - ME
a slap or cuff on the side of the head - 1440
Bury: 1. to deposit in the ground, in a tomb; to inter. Hence to commit
to the sea, with funeral rites. 2 To put under ground; esp. in sign of
final abandonment or abrogation - 1535.
CASK: 3. Casket
Casket: 1467. [of unknown etym.: in form a dim. of, but earlier than,
CASK)
1. a small box or chest for jewels, letters or other things of value,
itself often of value and richly ornamented. - To enclose or put up in
a casket: "I have casketed my treasure..." All's Well That Ends Well II.
V.26
Coffer: 1. a box, chest: esp. a strong box in which money or valuables
are kept. ME 2. an ark - 1711 3. a coffin -1555.
Coffin: [ME coffin, coffyn, etc.] 1. a basket - 1552. 2. a chest, case,
casket, box - 1677 3. spec. The box in which a corpse is enclosed for
burial. (The current sense) 1525 4. Cookery. The crust of a pie - 1750;
a pie-dish - 1662. 5. A paper case; spec. a cornet for groceries, etc.,
1577.
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