CASKET

n. v.

5 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

2.
n.

A kind of burial case. [U. S.]

3.
n.

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.

4.
n.

A gasket. See Gasket.

5.
v.

To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

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