Casket : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Casket	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for Casket
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
casket n box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin, casket] small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables Synonym(s): casket, jewel casket v enclose in a casket
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See {Gasket}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] [bd]I have casketed my treasure.[b8] --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, n. [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. --Shak. 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. --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. {Sea gaskets} are common lines; {harbor gaskets} are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also {casket}. 2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps. (b) Any ring or washer of packing.