Etymology
Origin of voider
Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at void, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Don’t put meat off your plate into the dish, but into a voider.
From Early English Meals and Manners by Furnivall, Frederick James
His gift was an Indian tray or voider full of silver, upon which was a carved silver dish full of gold.
Being set down, she casts her face into a platform, which dureth the meal, and is taken away with the voider.
From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various
The functions of a voider were somewhat those of a crumb-tray.
From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Earle, Alice Morse
In the voider the lines are still wider apart; this ordinary occupies nearly the whole of the field: it may be charged.
From The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition Being a Concise Description of the Several Terms Used, and Containing a Dictionary of Every Designation in the Science by Anonymous
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