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Sarcophagus

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(1):

(n.) A coffin or chest-shaped tomb of the kind of stone described above; hence, any stone coffin.

(2):

(n.) A species of limestone used among the Greeks for making coffins, which was so called because it consumed within a few weeks the flesh of bodies deposited in it. It is otherwise called lapis Assius, or Assian stone, and is said to have been found at Assos, a city of Lycia.

(3):

(n.) A stone shaped like a sarcophagus and placed by a grave as a memorial.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Sarcophagus'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/sarcophagus.html. 1828.
 
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