voidern.

/ˈvɔɪdə/

Forms: Also Middle English woider, Middle English–1600s (1800s) voyder, 1500s -iar, vodyer; Middle English, 1500s–1600s Scottish, voydour, ScottishMiddle English vyd-, 1500s vodour, voidour.

Etymology: < void v. + -er suffix¹, or < Old French vuideur , vuideor , voideor , etc. (obsolete French videur ), < voider void v. Compare avoider n.

†1. That which keeps off or away; a screen or defence; a remover or driver away of something.

ΘΚΠ

the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation > one who or that which eradicates or extirpates

extirperc1503

voiderc1528

rooter1560

disperser1580

depeller1597

eradicator1659

extirpator1706

dispeller1717

uprooter1828

dispellent1869

extirpationist1881

c1528 Everyman (1961) 558 Aprecyous iewell I wyll gyue the, Called penaunce, voyder of aduersyte.

c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 339 Vmbe the sercle of the Citie was sothely a playne,..With lef-sales vppon lofte lustie and faire,..With voiders vnder vines for violent sonnes.

1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 329 The sterne of day, voyder of dirknes.

†2. A piece of armour covering an exposed or unprotected place (see quot. 1880). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > piece of armour covering exposed place

voiderc1330

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10028 Doublet & quysseux, wiþ poleyns ful riche, Voydes [sic], breche of maille, wyþ paunz non liche.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 50 [They] did on firste, after her desires, Sabatouns, grevis, cusschewis, & voideris.

1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 64 On his armys, rynged nat to wyde, Þer wer woiders frettid in þe maille.

c1425 J. Hill in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 5 First behoveth sabatouns, greevis, and cloos qwysseux with voydours of plate or of mayle, and a cloos breche of mayle.

1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 697/1 The voider in defensive armour was a gusset-piece either of plate or of mail, used to cover a void or unprotected space at the elbow or knee joints.]

3. A receptacle into which something is voided or emptied:

a. A tray, basket, or other vessel in which dirty dishes or utensils, fragments of broken food, etc., are placed in clearing the table or during a meal. Also elliptical, the carrying round or use of this (quot. 1659). Obsolete exc. dialect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun] > utensils for

voiderc1500

voiding knife1520

voiding plate1610

slop-basin1778

slop-basinful1858

binette1922

c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 371 The kerver muste..have a voyder to geder in all the broke brede, trenchours, cromys lying upon the tabill.

1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. xi. 58 Eftir the first paws, and that cours neir gane, And voduris and fat trunscheouris away tane, The goblettis greit with mychty wynis in hy Thai fillit.

a1552 J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1715) App. ii. 11 In the meane tyme the Sewer geveth a voyder to the Carver, and he doth voyde into it the Trenchers that lyeth under the knyves poynt,..and so cleanseth the table cleane.

1594 in Archaeol. (1884) XLVIII. 131 Item ij pewter voyders, xs.

1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. D2^v Enter 3. or 4. seruingmen, one with a Voyder and a Woodden knife, to take away.

1620 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 265 I sent my old silver voyder..to be exchandged for a new.

1659 J. Evelyn Char. Eng. 69 Their cerimony at the Table,..and to see the formality of the Voider, which our Withdrawing-roomes in France are made to prevent.

1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 90 The Butler..disposes..his Napkin-press.., Spoons, Knives, Forks, Voider, or Basket, and all other Necessaries appertaining to his Office.

1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 114 See now, the Stripling, with his Voider, waits To bear away the greasy Load of Plates.

1755 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 190/1 Ten waiters..Produce vast voiders, and a load of bread.

1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 457 Voider, a pail-like article, of wood or wicker, into which bones, etc. are shelved or thrown, during a meal.

1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 376 Voider, a butler's Tray.

attributive.1610 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. vii Item voyder knives, whereof one is steele with a case.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 16/2 He beareth sable a Voyder Baskett, or a night Baskett Or.

b. figurative or in figurative context.Very common in the first half of the 17th cent.

ΚΠ

1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder.

1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 112 You may as well..set him the voyder of abstinence, in stead of his table of surfets.

1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 366 Death comes with a voider to carry away all thy carnal enjoyments.

†c. figurative. A receptacle for refuse or rubbish. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse

vat1534

voider1613

waste-paper box1836

dustbin1847

kid1847

waste-basket1850

scrap-box1858

waste-paper basket1859

garbage can1869

can1872

hell1872

scrap basket1872

sink tidy1881

tidy-betty1884

kitchen tidy1885

midden1890

wagger1903

W.P.B.1903

waste-bin1915

Sanibin1921

binette1922

G.I. can1929

trash can1929

trashbag1934

litter-bin1947

shitcan1948

pedal bin1951

trash-bin1955

litter-basket1958

midgie1965

bin1972

swing bin1972

tidy bin1972

dump bin1978

wheelie bin1984

binbag1986

1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. v. 631 Haply some conceiued indignitie..that our Britannia should make her Virginian lap to bee the voider, for her lewder and more disordered Inhabitants.

1615 S. Ward Coal from Altar 79 How are his Sabaoths made the voider and dung-hill for all refuse businesse.

†d. A tray, basket, or large plate, esp. one of ornamental pattern or design, for holding, carrying, or handing round sweetmeats. Also transferred a quantity or amount carried in this. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > serving-plate or -tray

trayOE

chargerc1305

service plate1548

venison dish1567

venison plate1567

fruit-trencher1642

salver1661

server1677

voider1677

waiting salver1714

tureen1727

waiter1738

waiting board1770

plateau1790

traylet1825

breakfast-traya1865

cheese board1916

thali1969

charger1984

1677 London Gaz. No. 1249/1 And many Voiders of Sweetmeats were thrown among the People.

a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 148 Severall times we saw the feasts of bulls [at Madrid], and at them we had great voyders of dryed sweetmeats brought us upon the King's account.

1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 259 Every one of the Guests were serv'd..with a Voider of Sweet-Meats Dry and Wet,.. the Voiders themselves being of Wood Painted and Gilt.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Voider,..Among Confectioners, a wooden painted Vessel to hold Services of Sweet-meats.

†e. Brickmaking. (See quot. 1683) Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] > mould

voider1683

brick mould1688

brick press1825

1683 J. Houghton Coll. Lett. Improvem. Husb. II. vi. 188 Then we have a Mould or Frame made of Beech, because the Earth will slip easiest from it. This Mould, Frame, or Voyder is made of the thickness of the Brick abovesaid, only half inch deeper.

f. dialect. A large basket or receptacle of wickerwork for holding soiled clothes, etc.; a clothesbasket; a wicker basket of any kind.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > bag or basket for washing

buck-basket1602

voider1707

clothes-basketa1806

bucking-basket1822

wash-basket1881

laundry bag1895

linen basket1907

washing basket1947

Ali Baba1978

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun]

teanela700

windlec725

spertc975

kipec1000

leapc1000

willyc1000

basketa1300

coopa1300

hoppera1300

ripc1300

skepc1340

coffinc1380

criba1387

skippetc1450

corfc1483

wisket1542

prickle1543

cleave1577

serpet1615

wicker1646

bascaud1647

shapeta1657

fender1682

canister1697

kist1724

calathus1753

voider1788

wick1802

skip1816

maeshie1822

1707 in Boyle Ch. of St. Nicholas, Newcastle 94 Paid for a voider for ye sirplices.

1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 362 Voider, a kind of open-work basket.

1879 Saunterer's Satchel 25 (E.D.D.) I catched a lad running off wi' ahr voider.

1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 62/2 Voyder, a clothes basket; a large basket for holding unmended linen sold by gipsy women.

†4. Scottish.

a. An empty barrel, cask, or the like.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > empty

voider1482

1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 168 All the tym vydouris of gudis ventit or temyt in the..toun of Leith.

1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 516/1 All the twme voydouris of guidis [etc.].

†b. Packing or wrappers removed from bales or bundles of goods. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of > removed from goods

voider1511

1511 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 134 It is ordanit be the provest baillies and counsale anent the voydour callit cord and canves..of pakkis of lint [etc.].

1511 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 134 To deliuer the cords and canves thairof as voidouris.

5. Heraldry. As the name of an ordinary (see quots.).

ΘΚΠ

society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > segments of circle on sides of shield > less circular

voider1562

1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 70 b He beareth Tenné, two voyders, Or. This is the rewarde of a Gentlewoman for seruice by her done to the prince or princes, but then the voiders shoulde be of one of the nine furs or doublings.

1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 64 Last of all in our Ordinaries, cometh the Voider; consisting of one Arch line moderately bowing from the corner of the chiefe by degrees towards the Nombrill of the Escocheon, and from thence in like sort declining vntill it come vnto the Sinister base.

1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Voider, is an ordinary much resembling the flanch, but is not quite so circular towards the centre of the field.

1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 22 Flasques and Voiders are flanches, which encroach less on the shield.

a. One who or that which voids, clears away, or empties; an emptier. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying > one who or that which

emptier1560

voider1589

1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 25 We are..in all cases alike, till we haue brought Martin to the ablatiue case, that is, to be taken away with a Bulls Voyder.

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vuotatore, an emptier, a voider.

1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 38 Purgations which are the emptiers, & voiders of all superfluous humors.

b. Medicine. One who passes urine.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [noun] > urination > person

pissera1382

voider1969

1969 Radiology 92 1178/1 Two of the patients were troubled by fecal retention and soiling and were thus infrequent defecators as well as infrequent voiders.

1974 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 120 407/1 We can enlarge the clinical application of these observations to patients with so-called megacystis syndrome..and the ‘infrequent voider’ syndrome.

†7. A servant or attendant who clears the table after a meal. Frequently figurative or in figurative context. Obsolete.Often indistinguishable from senses 3a, 3b.

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun] > one who

voider1608

busgirl1914

1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. D2 The voider hauing cleered the table, Cardes & Dice..are serued vp.

1644 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall 6 O brave Oliver! Times voyder, Sub-sizer to the Wormes.

1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 8 Thou that art able To be a Voider to King Arthurs Table.

†8. plural. Castings, ejections (of worms). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > castings

voiders1681

pellet1802

voiding1880

1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 83 Hither are loads from emptied Charnels brought, And Voiders of the Worms from Sextons bought.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	voider
释义	voidern. /ˈvɔɪdə/ Forms: Also Middle English woider, Middle English–1600s (1800s) voyder, 1500s -iar, vodyer; Middle English, 1500s–1600s Scottish, voydour, ScottishMiddle English vyd-, 1500s vodour, voidour. Etymology: < void v. + -er suffix¹, or < Old French vuideur , vuideor , voideor , etc. (obsolete French videur ), < voider void v. Compare avoider n. †1. That which keeps off or away; a screen or defence; a remover or driver away of something. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > eradication or extirpation > one who or that which eradicates or extirpates extirperc1503 voiderc1528 rooter1560 disperser1580 depeller1597 eradicator1659 extirpator1706 dispeller1717 uprooter1828 dispellent1869 extirpationist1881 c1528 Everyman (1961) 558 Aprecyous iewell I wyll gyue the, Called penaunce, voyder of aduersyte. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 339 Vmbe the sercle of the Citie was sothely a playne,..With lef-sales vppon lofte lustie and faire,..With voiders vnder vines for violent sonnes. 1568 in J. Small Poems W. Dunbar (1893) II. 329 The sterne of day, voyder of dirknes. †2. A piece of armour covering an exposed or unprotected place (see quot. 1880). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > armour > [noun] > piece of armour covering exposed place voiderc1330 c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 10028 Doublet & quysseux, wiþ poleyns ful riche, Voydes [sic], breche of maille, wyþ paunz non liche. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 50 [They] did on firste, after her desires, Sabatouns, grevis, cusschewis, & voideris. 1412–20 J. Lydgate tr. Hist. Troy iii. 64 On his armys, rynged nat to wyde, Þer wer woiders frettid in þe maille. c1425 J. Hill in Illustr. Anc. State & Chivalry (Roxb.) 5 First behoveth sabatouns, greevis, and cloos qwysseux with voydours of plate or of mayle, and a cloos breche of mayle. 1880 Encycl. Brit. XI. 697/1 The voider in defensive armour was a gusset-piece either of plate or of mail, used to cover a void or unprotected space at the elbow or knee joints.] 3. A receptacle into which something is voided or emptied: a. A tray, basket, or other vessel in which dirty dishes or utensils, fragments of broken food, etc., are placed in clearing the table or during a meal. Also elliptical, the carrying round or use of this (quot. 1659). Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun] > utensils for voiderc1500 voiding knife1520 voiding plate1610 slop-basin1778 slop-basinful1858 binette1922 c1500 Ffor to serve a Lord in Babees Bk. (2002) i. 371 The kerver muste..have a voyder to geder in all the broke brede, trenchours, cromys lying upon the tabill. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid i. xi. 58 Eftir the first paws, and that cours neir gane, And voduris and fat trunscheouris away tane, The goblettis greit with mychty wynis in hy Thai fillit. a1552 J. Leland De Rebus Brit. Collectanea (1715) App. ii. 11 In the meane tyme the Sewer geveth a voyder to the Carver, and he doth voyde into it the Trenchers that lyeth under the knyves poynt,..and so cleanseth the table cleane. 1594 in Archaeol. (1884) XLVIII. 131 Item ij pewter voyders, xs. 1607 T. Heywood Woman Kilde with Kindnesse sig. D2^v Enter 3. or 4. seruingmen, one with a Voyder and a Woodden knife, to take away. 1620 Sir R. Boyle in Lismore Papers (1886) I. 265 I sent my old silver voyder..to be exchandged for a new. 1659 J. Evelyn Char. Eng. 69 Their cerimony at the Table,..and to see the formality of the Voider, which our Withdrawing-roomes in France are made to prevent. 1703 R. Neve City & Countrey Purchaser 90 The Butler..disposes..his Napkin-press.., Spoons, Knives, Forks, Voider, or Basket, and all other Necessaries appertaining to his Office. 1739 ‘R. Bull’ tr. F. Dedekind Grobianus 114 See now, the Stripling, with his Voider, waits To bear away the greasy Load of Plates. 1755 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 190/1 Ten waiters..Produce vast voiders, and a load of bread. 1823 E. Moor Suffolk Words 457 Voider, a pail-like article, of wood or wicker, into which bones, etc. are shelved or thrown, during a meal. 1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 376 Voider, a butler's Tray. attributive.1610 Althorp MS. in J. N. Simpkinson Washingtons (1860) App. p. vii Item voyder knives, whereof one is steele with a case.1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory (1905) iii. xiv. 16/2 He beareth sable a Voyder Baskett, or a night Baskett Or. b. figurative or in figurative context.Very common in the first half of the 17th cent. ΚΠ 1609 T. Dekker Guls Horne-bk. sig. B4 Peirs ploughman layd the cloth, and Simplicity brought in the voyder. 1615 T. Adams White Deuill (ed. 4) 112 You may as well..set him the voyder of abstinence, in stead of his table of surfets. 1655 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 1st Pt. 366 Death comes with a voider to carry away all thy carnal enjoyments. †c. figurative. A receptacle for refuse or rubbish. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > refuse disposal > [noun] > receptacle for refuse vat1534 voider1613 waste-paper box1836 dustbin1847 kid1847 waste-basket1850 scrap-box1858 waste-paper basket1859 garbage can1869 can1872 hell1872 scrap basket1872 sink tidy1881 tidy-betty1884 kitchen tidy1885 midden1890 wagger1903 W.P.B.1903 waste-bin1915 Sanibin1921 binette1922 G.I. can1929 trash can1929 trashbag1934 litter-bin1947 shitcan1948 pedal bin1951 trash-bin1955 litter-basket1958 midgie1965 bin1972 swing bin1972 tidy bin1972 dump bin1978 wheelie bin1984 binbag1986 1613 S. Purchas Pilgrimage viii. v. 631 Haply some conceiued indignitie..that our Britannia should make her Virginian lap to bee the voider, for her lewder and more disordered Inhabitants. 1615 S. Ward Coal from Altar 79 How are his Sabaoths made the voider and dung-hill for all refuse businesse. †d. A tray, basket, or large plate, esp. one of ornamental pattern or design, for holding, carrying, or handing round sweetmeats. Also transferred a quantity or amount carried in this. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > [noun] > utensils for serving > serving-plate or -tray trayOE chargerc1305 service plate1548 venison dish1567 venison plate1567 fruit-trencher1642 salver1661 server1677 voider1677 waiting salver1714 tureen1727 waiter1738 waiting board1770 plateau1790 traylet1825 breakfast-traya1865 cheese board1916 thali1969 charger1984 1677 London Gaz. No. 1249/1 And many Voiders of Sweetmeats were thrown among the People. a1680 Lady Fanshawe in Lady Halkett & Lady Fanshawe Mem. (1979) 148 Severall times we saw the feasts of bulls [at Madrid], and at them we had great voyders of dryed sweetmeats brought us upon the King's account. 1686 tr. J. Chardin Trav. Persia 259 Every one of the Guests were serv'd..with a Voider of Sweet-Meats Dry and Wet,.. the Voiders themselves being of Wood Painted and Gilt. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Voider,..Among Confectioners, a wooden painted Vessel to hold Services of Sweet-meats. †e. Brickmaking. (See quot. 1683) Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > brick-making equipment > [noun] > mould voider1683 brick mould1688 brick press1825 1683 J. Houghton Coll. Lett. Improvem. Husb. II. vi. 188 Then we have a Mould or Frame made of Beech, because the Earth will slip easiest from it. This Mould, Frame, or Voyder is made of the thickness of the Brick abovesaid, only half inch deeper. f. dialect. A large basket or receptacle of wickerwork for holding soiled clothes, etc.; a clothesbasket; a wicker basket of any kind. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > cleaning > washing > washing clothes and textile articles > [noun] > bag or basket for washing buck-basket1602 voider1707 clothes-basketa1806 bucking-basket1822 wash-basket1881 laundry bag1895 linen basket1907 washing basket1947 Ali Baba1978 society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > basket > [noun] teanela700 windlec725 spertc975 kipec1000 leapc1000 willyc1000 basketa1300 coopa1300 hoppera1300 ripc1300 skepc1340 coffinc1380 criba1387 skippetc1450 corfc1483 wisket1542 prickle1543 cleave1577 serpet1615 wicker1646 bascaud1647 shapeta1657 fender1682 canister1697 kist1724 calathus1753 voider1788 wick1802 skip1816 maeshie1822 1707 in Boyle Ch. of St. Nicholas, Newcastle 94 Paid for a voider for ye sirplices. 1788 W. Marshall Provincialisms E. Yorks. in Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 362 Voider, a kind of open-work basket. 1879 Saunterer's Satchel 25 (E.D.D.) I catched a lad running off wi' ahr voider. 1880 M. A. Courtney W. Cornwall Words in M. A. Courtney & T. Q. Couch Gloss. Words Cornwall 62/2 Voyder, a clothes basket; a large basket for holding unmended linen sold by gipsy women. †4. Scottish. a. An empty barrel, cask, or the like. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > barrel or cask > [noun] > empty voider1482 1482 in J. D. Marwick Charters Edinb. (1871) 168 All the tym vydouris of gudis ventit or temyt in the..toun of Leith. 1603 Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot. 516/1 All the twme voydouris of guidis [etc.]. †b. Packing or wrappers removed from bales or bundles of goods. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > wrapping > [noun] > a wrapping > material of > removed from goods voider1511 1511 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 134 It is ordanit be the provest baillies and counsale anent the voydour callit cord and canves..of pakkis of lint [etc.]. 1511 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1869) I. 134 To deliuer the cords and canves thairof as voidouris. 5. Heraldry. As the name of an ordinary (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > communication > indication > insignia > heraldic devices collective > charge: device on shield > [noun] > less honourable charge > segments of circle on sides of shield > less circular voider1562 1562 G. Legh Accedens of Armory (1597) 70 b He beareth Tenné, two voyders, Or. This is the rewarde of a Gentlewoman for seruice by her done to the prince or princes, but then the voiders shoulde be of one of the nine furs or doublings. 1610 J. Guillim Display of Heraldrie ii. vi. 64 Last of all in our Ordinaries, cometh the Voider; consisting of one Arch line moderately bowing from the corner of the chiefe by degrees towards the Nombrill of the Escocheon, and from thence in like sort declining vntill it come vnto the Sinister base. 1780 J. Edmondson Compl. Body Heraldry II. (Gloss.) Voider, is an ordinary much resembling the flanch, but is not quite so circular towards the centre of the field. 1866 J. E. Cussans Gram. Heraldry 22 Flasques and Voiders are flanches, which encroach less on the shield. 6. a. One who or that which voids, clears away, or empties; an emptier. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > absence > fact of being unoccupied > [noun] > emptiness > emptying > one who or that which emptier1560 voider1589 1589 Pappe with Hatchet (1844) 25 We are..in all cases alike, till we haue brought Martin to the ablatiue case, that is, to be taken away with a Bulls Voyder. 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Vuotatore, an emptier, a voider. 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice iii. 38 Purgations which are the emptiers, & voiders of all superfluous humors. b. Medicine. One who passes urine. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > organs of excretion > defecation or urination > urinary system > [noun] > urination > person pissera1382 voider1969 1969 Radiology 92 1178/1 Two of the patients were troubled by fecal retention and soiling and were thus infrequent defecators as well as infrequent voiders. 1974 Amer. Jrnl. Roentgenol. 120 407/1 We can enlarge the clinical application of these observations to patients with so-called megacystis syndrome..and the ‘infrequent voider’ syndrome. †7. A servant or attendant who clears the table after a meal. Frequently figurative or in figurative context. Obsolete.Often indistinguishable from senses 3a, 3b. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > serving food > removal of dishes > [noun] > one who voider1608 busgirl1914 1608 T. Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-light sig. D2 The voider hauing cleered the table, Cardes & Dice..are serued vp. 1644 J. Cleveland Char. London Diurnall 6 O brave Oliver! Times voyder, Sub-sizer to the Wormes. 1651 J. Cleveland Poems (Wing C4684) 8 Thou that art able To be a Voider to King Arthurs Table. †8. plural. Castings, ejections (of worms). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > division Vermes > [noun] > member of (worm) > castings voiders1681 pellet1802 voiding1880 1681 J. Oldham Satyrs upon Jesuits 83 Hither are loads from emptied Charnels brought, And Voiders of the Worms from Sextons bought. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1330
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