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Webster 1913 Edition
Casket
Cas′ket
,Noun.
[Cf. F.
casquet
, dim. of casque
belmet, fr. Sp. casco
.] 1.
A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.
The little
casket
bring me hither. Shakespeare
2.
A kind of burial case.
[U. S.]
3.
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
. Shakespeare
Cas′ket
,Verb.
T.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
[Poetic]
“I have casketed my treasure.” Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Casket
CASKET
, n.1.
A small chest or box, for jewels or other small articles.2.
In seamens language, a small rope, fastened to gromets or little rings upon the yards, used to fasten the sail to the yard in furling.This is usually written gasket.
Definition 2024
casket
casket
English
Noun
casket (plural caskets)
- A little box, e.g. for jewellery.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5
- They will be here at five, take merely the clothes necessary for the journey and her jewel-casket.
- 1826, Mary Shelley, The Last Man, part 1, chapter 5
- An urn.
- A coffin.
- (nautical) A gasket.
Translations
little box e.g. for jewelry
urn
coffin — see coffin
Verb
casket (third-person singular simple present caskets, present participle casketing, simple past and past participle casketed)
- (poetic, transitive) To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
- Shakespeare
- I have casketed my treasure.
- Shakespeare