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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pastern \Pas"tern\, noun [Of. pasturon, F. p[^a]turon, fr. OF. pasture a tether, for beasts while pasturing; prop., a pasturing. See {Pasture}.]
1. The part of the foot of the horse, and allied animals, between the fetlock and the coffin joint. See Illust. of {Horse}.
Note: The upper bone, or phalanx, of the foot is called the {great pastern bone}; the second, the {small pastern bone}; and the third, in the hoof, the {coffin bone}.
{Pastern joint}, the joint in the hoof of the horse, and allied animals, between the great and small pastern bones.
2. A shackle for horses while pasturing. --Knight.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Coffin \Cof"fin\ (?; 115), noun [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See {Coffer}, noun]
1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.
They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. --Gen.
1. 26.
2. A basket. [Obs.] --Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).
3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.
Of the paste a coffin I will rear. --Shak.
4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] --Nares.
5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.
{Coffin bone}, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals.
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