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repeller|rɪˈpɛlə(r)|
[f. repel v. + -er1.]
1. One who repels.
1611Cotgr., Repoulseur, a repulser, a repeller. 1832Examiner 805/1 The one pushes the human soul from him—the other, with a bow, consigns it back to its repeller. 1836Lytton Athens (1837) II. 126 The Athenians..were the true repellers of the invader. 1875Contemp. Rev. XXV. 701 The apostle of toleration, the impatient repeller of all clerical pretensions.
†2. = repellent n. 1. Obs.
1661Lovell Hist. Anim. & Min. 403 The vertigo, is helped by temporal repellers, discutients,..and quinces. 1710T. Fuller Pharm. Extemp. 43 Repellers mostly have place in the very beginnings of Inflammations. 1753Bartlet Farriery 220 Strains in the hock are to be treated by soaking the parts with coolers and repellers. |