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noun

Casket n.

A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc. "The little casket bring me hither."

A kind of burial case. (U. S.)

Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as:

(a)

The body. ()

(b)

The tomb. ().

(c)

A book of selections. (poetic) "They found him dead... an empty casket."

Casket n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.

verb

Casket v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. (Poetic) "I have casketed my treasure."

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Etymology of 'Casket'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Casket" Quotes from Famous Books

... great eagle set the royal crown upon his head. Thereupon a huge snake rolled itself up against the machinery, forcing the lions and eagles upward until they encircled the head of the king. A golden dove flew down from a pillar, took the sacred scroll out of a casket, and gave it to the king, so that he might obey the injunction of the Scriptures, to have the law with him and read therein all the days of his life. Above the throne twenty-four vines interlaced, ...

— THE LEGENDS OF THE JEWS VOLUME IV BIBLE TIMES AND CHARACTERS - FROM THE EXODUS TO THE DEATH OF MOSES • BY LOUIS GINZBERG

... the little hand which Caterina eagerly stretched out for the casket; but her mother covered her face with her hands, almost ...

— The Royal Pawn of Venice - A Romance of Cyprus • Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

... with a new accession of pleasure. Then he turned the leaves to peep at the hidden jewels in this intellectual casket. Then he closed the book and laid it on his knees and shut his eyes and held his breath ...

— Ishmael - In the Depths • Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

... tradition in American life. She enshrines within her history facts and forces which have been woven into the texture of her most enduring institutions. Out of the darkness of persecution she came, bearing to these shores the precious casket of civil and religious liberty. When with prophetic vision she gazed across the Western sea, and saw the red dawn of a new day glow upon the waters, that dawn but reflected the red blood that dripped like sacramental wine from her robes—the blood ...

— Modern Eloquence: Vol II, After-Dinner Speeches E-O • Various

... the dirty waterproof package into a golden casket, himself into a knight disguised as a squire of low degree, and what more could you want for a first-class fairy-tale? The idea struck Doggie at the moment of "lights out," and he ...

— The Rough Road • William John Locke

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