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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gasket \Gas"ket\, noun [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}.
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.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, noun (Naut.) A gasket. See {Gasket}.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, verb (used with an object) To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] ''I have casketed my treasure.'' --Shak.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Casket \Cas"ket\, noun [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.
The little casket bring me hither. --Shak.
2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]
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]
They found him dead . . . an empty casket. --Shak.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
casket
noun
1: box in which a corpse is buried or cremated [syn: {coffin}]
2: small and often ornate box for holding jewels or other valuables [syn: {jewel casket}]
verb: enclose in a casket
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
24 Moby Thesaurus words for "casket": 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
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