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Encoffin

Encoffin \En*cof"fin\, v. t. To put in a coffin. [R.]

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encoffin

vb. (cx transitive English) To place or enclose in a coffin.

Usage examples of "encoffin".

It encoffined the corpse on the wing, pulled up, and was yanked short and hammered back-first on the water.

But this encoffined one was far greater than both in his own way—yes, I knew that also.

More snow, dislodged by his body, fell now upon him, packing itself around him as he lay there, and upon it all, as he lay encoffined, a soft shroud of flakes descended into the crevasse, sealing him away from the world.

He had said nothing, in fact, since they'd left the hostel room under heavy guard, but had remained close to Millisor with a sort of grim loyalty, like a dog refusing to leave its encoffined master.