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A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping
money or other valuables. |
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Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. |
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A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or
portico; a caisson. |
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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. |
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The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam. |
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To put into a coffer. |
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To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay
behind the masonry or timbering. |
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To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with
a coffer or coffers. |
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