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How is a person who make coffin call? How is a person who make coffin called and also how is a corpse decorator called ... (Asked by Mensah A)
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I don't know of a special name for someone who makes coffins. The person who handles burial arrangements is an undertaker; there may be a term for the sub-specialty of corpse preparation but if so I've never heard it. Apparently the terms 'undertaker' and 'mortician' may be more or less specific, with some overlap, depending on conventional usage at a particular time and place....(Answered by dukefenton)

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How was someone who make coffin and decorate corpse called in the olden days? If a person make coffin or decorate corpse, how was he called in the old days (1800"s) ... (Asked by Mensah A)
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They were called The Undertaker...(Answered by Z Lee)

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where did the phrase "another nail in the coffin" or another feather in the hat" come from and what do they me ... (Asked by iamabadpenny)
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Gentleman has your answer. I knew about the "nail in the coffin" but I didn't about the "feather in the hat" I'm impressed....(Answered by Emma J)

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what do you call the stand the coffin sits on .4 letters? ... (Asked by jl j)
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Bier. That's it. The other people had it right....(Answered by Julie L)

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How did the burial "COFFIN" get its name? ... (Asked by craigy1012000)
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Origin of the Name. The name COFFIN derives from the Greek cophínos, via Latin, Italian and French words - all of which mean a container' of some sort. ... theories are advanced regarding the origin of the family surname Coffin, or Coffyn, as was the ... Allen Coffin, Esq., says, "Coffin is a word of Hebrew origin signifying a small ...www.drwilliams.org/iDoc/Web-181.htm...(Answered by ditsypink)

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whats the one word meaning of the word coffin maker? i need 2 find out the one word meaning of this phrase ''a person who makes coffin''.a person who makes coffin=? ... (Asked by phoenix)
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Usually it's the carpenter who makes the coffins, but i guess that's not what you want to know......(Answered by zoeksalamander)

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what does the prhrase "nail in the coffin" mean? ... (Asked by ANT)
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Once step closer to death....(Answered by Man.With.A.Plan)

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what is another name for a coffin? ... (Asked by newhopeoffice@sbcglobal.net)
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Ataúd in Spanish....(Answered by PointHo)

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What's the difference between a coffin & a casket? ... (Asked by Ms. Denton Lone Star ™)
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A COFFIN is the box or case in which the body of a dead person is placed for burial and is also referred to as a CASKET. However a CASKET has also a different meaning; it is a small case or chest, as for jewels and other valuables. The word is probably derived from the French word CASSETTE....(Answered by Fairy)

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In a coffin, where do you put the eye of Horab? I'm doing a project. ... (Asked by bobo1we)
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It is probably the Eye of Horus and the two of them were generally painted on the left side of the coffin. If you're doing a project, there is heaps of information on it here : http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/eyeofhorusandre.htm Good luck!...(Answered by poptop)

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