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coffined

Coffin \Cof"fin\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Coffined}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Coffining}.]
   To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
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         Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home?
                                                  --Shak.
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         Devotion is not coffined in a cell.      --John Hall
                                                  (1646).
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becuna

Becuna \Be*cu"na\, n. [Sp.] (Zool.)
   A fish of the Mediterranean ({Sphyr[ae]na spet}). See
   {Barracuda}.
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acerval

Acerval \A*cer"val\, a. [L. acervalis, fr. acervus heap.]
   Pertaining to a heap. [Obs.]
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blamably

Blamable \Blam"a*ble\ (bl[=a]m"[.a]*b'l), a. [Cf. F.
   bl[^a]mable.]
   Deserving of censure; faulty; culpable; reprehensible;
   censurable; blameworthy. -- {Blam"a*ble*ness}, n. --
   {Blam"a*bly}, adv.
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croupier

Croupier \Crou"pi*er\ (kr[=oo]"p[i^]*[~e]r), n. [F.; prop., one
   who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an
   assistant. See 1st {Croup}.]
   1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the
      stakes.
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   2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end
      of the table as assistant chairman.
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