coffin joint

  • 1Coffin joint — Coffin Cof fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [1913 Webster] They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26 …

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  • 2coffin joint — noun : the joint next above the coffin bone …

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  • 3coffin joint — the second interphalangeal joint of the foot of a horse …

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  • 4Coffin — Cof fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [1913 Webster] They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26. [1913 …

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  • 5Coffin bone — Coffin Cof fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, n.] 1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial. [1913 Webster] They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26 …

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  • 6coffin — n. & v. n. 1 a long narrow usu. wooden box in which a corpse is buried or cremated. 2 the part of a horse s hoof below the coronet. v.tr. (coffined, coffining) put in a coffin. Phrases and idioms: coffin bone a bone in a horse s hoof. coffin… …

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  • 7coffin bone — Pastern Pas tern, n. [Of. pasturon, F. p[^a]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See {Pasture}.] 1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See… …

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  • 8Coffin–Siris syndrome — Coffin Siris syndrome Classification and external resources OMIM 135900 DiseasesDB 32018 Coffin Siris Syndrome is a rare genetic disorder which causes developmental delays an …

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  • 9Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton — Court United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit Full case name Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary, Department of the Interior, et al …

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  • 10Coffin birth — Coffin birth, known in academia by the more accurate term postmortem fetal extrusion,[1][2] is the expulsion of a nonviable fetus through the vaginal opening of the decomposing body of a pregnant woman as a result of the increasing pressure of… …

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