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Coffer

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(1):

(n.) Fig.: Treasure or funds; - usually in the plural.

(2):

(n.) A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.

(3):

(n.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

(4):

(n.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

(5):

(n.) The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.

(6):

(v. t.) To put into a coffer.

(7):

(v. t.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.

(8):

(v. t.) To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Coffer'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​c/coffer.html. 1828.
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