Void"er (?), n. 1. One
who, or that which, voids, &?;mpties, vacates, or annuls.
2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or
convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially,
one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food;
sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes,
etc.
Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the
voider.
Decker.
The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the
voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the
cupboard's head.
Hist. of Richard Hainam.
3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear
away, a table after a meal. [R.] Decker.
4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like
the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.
Void"er (?), n. 1. One
who, or that which, voids, &?;mpties, vacates, or annuls.
2. A tray, or basket, formerly used to receive or
convey that which is voided or cleared away from a given place; especially,
one for carrying off the remains of a meal, as fragments of food;
sometimes, a basket for containing household articles, as clothes,
etc.
Piers Plowman laid the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the
voider.
Decker.
The cloth whereon the earl dined was taken away, and the
voider, wherein the plate was usually put, was set upon the
cupboard's head.
Hist. of Richard Hainam.
3. A servant whose business is to void, or clear
away, a table after a meal. [R.] Decker.
4. (Her.) One of the ordinaries, much like
the flanch, but less rounded and therefore smaller.
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