coffer-dam

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• Coffer

  ·vt To put into a coffer. II. Coffer ·noun Fig.: Treasure or funds; — usually in the plural. III....

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• Coffer

  The receptacle or small box placed beside the ark by the Philistines, in which they deposited the go...

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• coffer

  , or coffre. A depth sunk in the bottom of a dry ditch, to baffle besiegers when they attempt to c...

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• Coffer

  (argaz), a movable box hanging from the side of a cart. (1 Samuel 6:8,11,15) The word is found nowhe...

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• Dam

  ·noun A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts. II. Dam ·noun A firebrick wall, or a stone, ...

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• dam

  A small Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws: hence etymologists may, if they please, d...

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• dam

  n. In England, the word means a barrierto stop water in Australia, it also means the water so stopp...

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• dam

  A barrier of stones, stakes, or rubble, constructed to stop or impede the course of a stream. (See i...

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• coffer-fish

  n. i.q. trunk-fish (q.v.). ...

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• floating dam

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• Bear-trap dam

  ·add. ·- A kind of movable dam, in one form consisting of two leaves resting against each other at t...

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