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▪ I. unˈcoffined, ppl. a.1 [un-1 8.] Not enclosed in a coffin.
1648Hexham ii, Ongekist, Vnchested, or Vncoffined. a1680Glanvill Sadducismus ii. (1681) 218 An uncoffined body being laid in a ground exposed to wet [etc.]. 1742Blair Grave 152 A Dungeon-Slave, that's bury'd In the High-way, unshrouded and uncoffin'd. 1855[J. R. Leifchild] Cornwall 30 A small ancient dungeon, wherein were found the uncoffined bones of a large man. 1884Athenæum 16 Aug. 203/3 This is the last instance we remember of a body being buried uncoffined when laid in consecrated ground with the rites of the Church. ▪ II. unˈcoffined, ppl. a.2 [un-2 8.] Taken out of a coffin.
1836F. Mahony Rel. Father Prout 164 A newly uncoffined mummy (warranted of the era of Sesostris). |