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Webster 1913 Edition
Refiner
Re-fin′er
(-f?n′?r)
, Noun.
One who, or that which, refines.
Webster 1828 Edition
Refiner
REFI'NER
, n.1.
One that refines metals or other things.2.
An improver in purity and elegance; as a refiner of language.3.
An inventor of superfluous subtilities; one is who over nice in discrimination, in argument, reasoning, philosophy, &c.