voider

American  

[voi-der] / ˈvɔɪ dər /

noun

1. a person or thing that voids.

2. Armor. gusset.

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Etymology

Origin of voider

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50; see origin at void, -er ¹

Example Sentences

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voider

One other appurtenance of a dining-room is found in all early inventories—a voider.

From Customs and Fashions in Old New England by Alice Morse Earle

"Enter Gustus with a voiding-knife;" and in A Woman killed with Kindness, "Enter three or four serving men, one with a voider and wooden knife to take away."

From Notes and Queries, Number 204, September 24, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by George Bell

A voider for the Nonce; I wrong the Devil should I pick the Bones.

From Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry by Edmund Goldsmid

His gift was an Indian tray or voider full of silver, upon which was a carved silver dish full of gold.

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 09 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Gentlemen, you that can play at noddy, or rather play upon noddies—you that can set up a jest at primero instead of a rest, laugh at the prologue, that was taken away in a voider.

From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various