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  • English Word Coextension Definition The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.
  • English Word Coextensive Definition Equally extensive; having equal extent; as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive.
  • English Word Coffee Definition The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
  • English Word Coffee Definition The coffee tree.
  • English Word Coffee Definition The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
  • English Word Coffeehouse Definition A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
  • English Word Coffeeman Definition One who keeps a coffeehouse.
  • English Word Coffeepot Definition A covered pot in which coffee is prepared, or is brought upon the table for drinking.
  • English Word Coffeeroom Definition A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.
  • English Word Coffer Definition A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables.
  • English Word Coffer Definition Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
  • English Word Coffer Definition A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
  • English Word Coffer Definition 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.
  • English Word Coffer Definition The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam.
  • English Word Coffer Definition To put into a coffer.
  • English Word Coffer Definition To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering.
  • English Word Coffer Definition To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers.
  • English Word Cofferdam Definition A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.
  • English Word Cofferer Definition One who keeps treasures in a coffer.
  • English Word Cofferwork Definition Rubblework faced with stone.
  • English Word Coffin Definition The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
  • English Word Coffin Definition A basket.
  • English Word Coffin Definition A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
  • English Word Coffin Definition A conical paper bag, used by grocers.
  • English Word Coffin Definition The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
  • English Word Coffin Definition To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
  • English Word Coffined Definition of Coffin
  • English Word Coffining Definition of Coffin
  • English Word Coffinless Definition Having no coffin.
  • English Word Coffle Definition A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.