SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certai… — The Devil's Dictionary
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SARCOPHAGUS, n. Among the Greeks a coffin which being made of a certain kind of carnivorous stone, had the peculiar property of devouring the body placed in it. The sarcophagus known to modern obsequiographers is commonly a product of the carpenter's art.
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