refiner
/ (rɪˈfaɪnə) /
a person, device, or substance that removes impurities, sediment, or other unwanted matter from something
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How to use refiner in a sentence
And therefore, though he innovated a little, he may justly be called a great refiner of the Roman tongue.
The Works Of John Dryden, Volume 4 (of 18) | John DrydenThe same may be said, in a more transitory sense, of Flaubert, the great renovator and refiner of Romanticism.
Vie de Bohme | Orlo WilliamsUpton, the refiner, has a smoky chimney, that sets him and all the neighbourhood by the ears.
Friends and Neighbors | AnonymousThe refiner takes then an assay with a small ladle, and when it cools, breaks it in a vice, to see the state of the copper.
A Dictionary of Arts, Manufactures and Mines | Andrew UreHere also perished our Saxon refiner and discoverer of inestimable riches, as it was left amongst some of us in undoubted hope.
Sir Humphrey Gilbert's Voyage to Newfoundland | Edward Hayes
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