Search the Dictionary

t, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer. In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

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.

One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]

Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

One who scoffs. 2 Pet. iii. 3.

The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. Holinshed.

A chest, or coffer. [Obs.] Bearing that precious relic in an ark. Spenser.

A cofferdam. Brande & C.

as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.

The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

nd allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

One who derides, or laughs at, another in contempt; a mocker; a scoffer.

sealed us, and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts. 2 Cor. i. 22. And from his coffers Received the golden earnest of our death. Shak.

To join or close fast together, as with glue; as, a coffer well englued. Gower.

A chest, box, coffer, bin, coop, or the like, in which things may be stored, or animals kept; as, a grain hutch; a rabbit hutch.

A scoffer; a railer; a mocker.

ore him fetch. Chaucer. He . . . thus let do slay hem all three. Chaucer. Anon he let two coffers make. Gower.

of anything, as of a garment or a box; also, the contents of anything. The lining of his coffers shall make coats To deck our soldiers. Shak.

One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.