Definition of Coffining

1. Verb. (present participle of coffin) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Coffining

1. coffin [v] - See also: coffin

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coffining

coffering
coffers
cofferwork
coffice
coffin
coffin bone
coffin dodger
coffin joint
coffin nail
coffin nails
coffin ride
coffin ship
coffin ships
coffined
coffing
coffining
coffinite
coffinites
coffinless
coffinlike
coffins
coffle
coffled
coffles
coffling
coffret
coffrets
coffs
cofibration
cofibrations

Literary usage of Coffining

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Sacred Books of China by James Legge (1885)
"Confucius said, ' The clothes to be put on him after the coffining having been ... If the slighter dressing (preparatory to the coffining) have still (to be ..."

2. The Chinese Repository by Elijah Coleman Bridgman, S. W. Williams (1849)
"... his substitute says the following prayer, a copy of which is afterwards burned for the information of the deceased. Prayer off i red ic/icn coffining a ..."

3. Scottish Notes and Queries edited by John Bulloch, John Alexander Henderson (1903)
"... in Aberdeenshire sixty years ago, hut there was m suggestion of a service at the “ coffining. “ “ Chest ings “ are still common in Perth and Perthshire, ..."

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