1. (n.) A stone coffin or chest-shaped tomb thought by the Greeks to consume flesh\.
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.