Cas"ket (?), n. [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.
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Cas"ket, n. Naut.
A gasket. See Gasket.
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Cas"ket, v. t.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket.
[Poetic] "I have
casketed my treasure."
Shak.
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