uncoffinedadj.1
Not enclosed in a coffin.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [adjective] > placed in coffin > not
uncoffined1648
coffinless1817
1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Ongekist, vnchested, or Vncoffined.
1681 H. More in J. Glanvill Saducismus Triumphatus ii. 218 An uncoffined body being laid in a ground exposed to wet [etc.].
1743 R. Blair Grave 10 A Dungeon-Slave, that's bury'd In the High-way, unshrouded and uncoffin'd.
1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 30 A small ancient dungeon, wherein were found the uncoffined bones of a large man.
1884 Athenæum 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.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
uncoffinedadj.2
Taken out of a coffin.
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the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > exhumation > [adjective] > removed from coffin
uncoffined1836
1836 F. Mahony Reliques Father Prout I. 164 A newly uncoffined mummy (warranted of the era of Sesostris).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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