Hypertext Webster Gateway: "casket"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Casket \Cas"ket\, n. (Naut.)
A gasket. See {Gasket}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Casket \Cas"ket\, v. t.
To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] ``I have
casketed my treasure.'' --Shak.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Casket \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Gasket \Gas"ket\, n. [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 packing.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
casket
n 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}]
v : enclose in a casket
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