coffer

Definitions

1. 1.Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. Bacon. Hold, here is half my coffer. Shak.
2. 2.(Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.
3. 3.(Fort.) A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.
4. 4.The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish. (Zoöl.) See Cowfish.
5. 5.To put into a coffer. Bacon.
6. 6.(Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.
7. 7.To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.

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

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Definition-first questions whose answer is coffer.

• What is fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. Bacon. Hold, here is half my coffer. Shak called?
• What is a panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson called?
• What is a trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire called?
• What is the chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish. (Zoöl.) See Cowfish called?
• What is to secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond called?
• What is to form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers called?