Noun

(en noun)

(UK, Australia, informal) A scientist or engineer, especially one engaged in technological or military research.

*{{quote-journal

, date = 1942-02-02 , first = Sir Henry , last = Tizard , title = Parliamentary and Scientific Committee. Luncheon. , journal = Journal of the Institute of Petroleum , volume = 28 , issue = 219 , url = http://delibra.bg.polsl.pl/Content/15981/P-102_1942_No219.pdf , page = 58 , passage = In fact, a fighting friend of mine said that he could hardly walk in any direction in this war without tumbling over a scientist who had got in the way. In the Royal Air Force, where the concentration of scientists is perhaps greatest, they have a pet name for them. They call them " Boffins'." Why, I do not know. I said to a young friend of mine in the Air Force, " Why do you call scientists ' ' Boffins  ' ?" He said, " I don't know. What else would you call them ? " }}

Noun

(en noun)

An oblong closed box in which a dead person is buried.

(obsolete) A basket.

* Wycliffe's Bible

And all ate, and were filled. And they took the reliefs of broken gobbets, twelve coffins full (Matthew 14:20).

A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

* Shakespeare

Of the paste a coffin I will rear.

(obsolete) A conical paper bag, used by grocers.

(Nares)

The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone.

(Webster 1913)