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Definitions for: Voider
[n] a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet clothes to be dried
[n] a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor plate
[n] a person who defecates
[n] an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"
Webster (1913) Definition: Void"er, n.
1. One who, or that which, voids, ?mpties, vacates, or
annuls.
2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or convey that
which is voided or cleared away from a given place;
especially, one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as
fragments of food; sometimes, a basket for containing
household articles, as clothes, etc.
Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought
in the voider. --Decker.
The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and
the voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was
set upon the cupboard's head. --Hist. of
Richard
Hainam.
3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a
table after a meal. [R.] --Decker.
4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but
less rounded and therefore smaller.
Synonyms: clothes basket, clothes hamper, defecator, gusset, invalidator, laundry basket, nullifier, shitter
See Also: body armor, body armour, cataphract, chain armor, chain armour, chain mail, coat of mail, functionary, hamper, human, individual, mail, mortal, official, person, ring armor, ring armour, ring mail, somebody, someone, soul, suit of armor, suit of armour
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