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Webster's English Dictionary

coffer

n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. . Cf. Coffin, n.]1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. (Chaucer.)

In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. (Shak.)

2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural. ()

He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. (Bacon.)

Hold, here is half my coffer. (Shak.)

3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson. ()

4. (Fort.) A trench dug in the bottom of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire. ()

5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. ()

Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish. (Zol.) See Cowfish. ()

v. t. 1. To put into a coffer. (Bacon.)

2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a shaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. (Raymond.)

3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to furnish with a coffer or coffers. ()