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coffer
(encz) | coffer,truhla n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coffer
(gcide) | Coffer \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) 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.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
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Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.
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Coffer
(gcide) | Coffer \Cof"fer\, v. t.
1. To put into a coffer. --Bacon.
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2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming
clay behind the masonry or timbering. --Raymond.
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3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a
coffer or coffers.
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coffer
(wn) | coffer
n 1: an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome [syn:
coffer, caisson, lacuna]
2: a chest especially for storing valuables |
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coffer-dam
(encz) | coffer-dam,ochranná hráz Zdeněk Brož |
cofferdam
(encz) | cofferdam,ochranná hráz Pavel Cvrček |
outflow cofferdam
(encz) | outflow cofferdam,podtrubní jáma [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
scoffer
(encz) | scoffer,posměváček n: Zdeněk Brož |
Coffer
(gcide) | Coffer \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) 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.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
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Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.
[1913 Webster]Coffer \Cof"fer\, v. t.
1. To put into a coffer. --Bacon.
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2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming
clay behind the masonry or timbering. --Raymond.
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3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a
coffer or coffers.
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Coffer dam
(gcide) | Coffer \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) 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.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
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Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.
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coffer fish
(gcide) | Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging
to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae,
having an angular body covered with a rigid integument
consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called
also coffer fish, and boxfish.
[1913 Webster]Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
(c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish,
trunkfish.
[1913 Webster]Coffer \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) 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.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
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Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.
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Coffer fish
(gcide) | Trunkfish \Trunk"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of plectognath fishes, belonging
to the genus Ostracion, or the family Ostraciontidae,
having an angular body covered with a rigid integument
consisting of bony scales. Some of the species are called
also coffer fish, and boxfish.
[1913 Webster]Cowfish \Cow"fish`\ (kou"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
(a) The grampus.
(b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii).
(c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and
allied species), having two projections, like horns, in
front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish,
trunkfish.
[1913 Webster]Coffer \Cof"fer\ (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus
basket, fr. Gr. ?. Cf. Coffin, n.]
1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for
keeping money or other valuables. --Chaucer.
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In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. --Shak.
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2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.
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He would discharge it without any burden to the
queen's coffers, for honor sake. --Bacon.
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Hold, here is half my coffer. --Shak.
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3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault,
dome, or portico; a caisson.
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4. (Fort.) 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.
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5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a
cofferdam.
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Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary.
Coffer fish. (Zool.) See Cowfish.
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Cofferdam
(gcide) | Cofferdam \Cof"fer*dam\, n.
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.
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Cofferer
(gcide) | Cofferer \Cof"fer*er\, n.
One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]
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Cofferwork
(gcide) | Cofferwork \Cof"fer*work`\, n. (Masonry)
Rubblework faced with stone. --Knight.
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Scoffer
(gcide) | Scoffer \Scoff"er\, n.
One who scoffs. --2 Pet. iii. 3.
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Scoffery
(gcide) | Scoffery \Scoff"er*y\, n.
The act of scoffing; scoffing conduct; mockery. --Holinshed.
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cofferdam
(wn) | cofferdam
n 1: large watertight chamber used for construction under water
[syn: caisson, pneumatic caisson, cofferdam] |
scoffer
(wn) | scoffer
n 1: someone who eats food rapidly and greedily [syn: scoffer,
gorger]
2: someone who jeers or mocks or treats something with contempt
or calls out in derision [syn: scoffer, flouter,
mocker, jeerer] |
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