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

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Example Sentences

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voider

Time's voider, subsizer to the worms, in whom death, who formerly devoured our ancestors, now chews the cud.

From Character Writings of the 17th Century by Various

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

To purify their tables, the servant bore a long wooden "voiding-knife," by which he scraped the fragments from the table into a basket, called "a voider."

From Literary Character of Men of Genius Drawn from Their Own Feelings and Confessions by Isaac Disraeli

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

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

From Quaint Gleanings from Ancient Poetry by Edmund Goldsmid

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