Voider

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Voider \Void"er\, n.
     1. One who, or that which, voids, ?mpties, vacates, or
        annuls.
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     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.
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              Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought
              in the voider.                        --Decker.
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              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.
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     3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear away, a
        table after a meal. [R.] --Decker.
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     4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like the flanch, but
        less rounded and therefore smaller.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  voider
       n 1: an official who can invalidate or nullify; "my bank check
            was voided and I wanted to know who the invalidator was"
            [syn: {invalidator}, {nullifier}]
       2: a person who defecates [syn: {defecator}, {shitter}]
       3: a piece of chain mail covering a place unprotected by armor
          plate [syn: {gusset}]
       4: a hamper that holds dirty clothes to be washed or wet
          clothes to be dried [syn: {clothes hamper}, {laundry
          basket}, {clothes basket}]