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casket

casket is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 4 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
  2. 2.Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic] They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.
  3. 3.A gasket. See Gasket.
  4. 4.To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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