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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
bottle up, box, box in, box up, burial case, cabin, case, chest, cloister, closet, coffer, coffin, confine, container, cramp, crib, encase, entomb, immure, kist, mummy case, receptacle, sarcophagus, straiten
Dictionary Results for casket:
1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
casket
    n 1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: coffin,
         casket]
    2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other
       valuables [syn: casket, jewel casket]
    v 1: enclose in a casket
2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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   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 made of a compressible material,
          used to make joints impermeable to fluids.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.)
   A gasket. See Gasket.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t.
   To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have
   casketed my treasure." --Shak.
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5. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
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            The little casket bring me hither.    --Shak.
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   2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
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   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]
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                They found him dead . . . an empty casket.
                                                  --Shak.
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