Defn: To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.
3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.
COFFERDAM
Cof"fer*dam, n.
Defn: 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.
COFFERER
Cof"fer*er, n.
Defn: One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]
COFFERWORK
Cof"fer*work`, n. (Masonry)
Defn: Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.
COFFIN Cof"fin, n. Etym: [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. They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26.