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Webster 1913 Edition


Confiner

Con-fin′er

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Noun.
One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

Con′fiˊner

(? or [GREEK])
,
Noun.
One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor.
[Obs.]
Bacon.
Happy
confiners
you of other lands,
That shift your soil, and oft ’scape tyrants' hands.
Daniel.

Webster 1828 Edition


Confiner

CONFI'NER

,
Noun.
He or that which limits or restrains.