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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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17 words match “VINER”

VINER n.
A vinedresser. [Obs.]
VINERY n. 2 definitions
A vineyard. [Obs.] "The vinery of Ramer." Fabyan.
CURVINERVED a.
Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.
DIVINER n. 2 definitions
who pretends to predict events, or to reveal occult things, by supernatural means. The diviners have seen a lie, and have told false dreams; they comfort in vain. Zech. x. 2.
DIVINERESS n.
A woman who divines. Dryden.
LEVINER n.
A swift hound.
ARUSPEX n.
One of the class of diviners among the Etruscans and Romans, who foretold events by the inspection of the entrails of victims offered on the altars of the gods.
AUGUR n. 2 definitions
An official diviner who foretold events by the singing, chattering, flight, and feeding of birds, or by signs or omens derived from celestial phenomena, certain appearances of quadrupeds, or unusual occurrences.
DIVINATOR n.
One who practices or pretends to divination; a diviner. [R.] Burton.
DIVINE a.
is in the lips of the king. Prov. xvi. 10. But not to one in this benighted age Is that diviner inspiration given. Gray.
DIVINISTRE n.
A diviner. [Obs.] " I am no divinistre." Chaucer.
HARUSPICE n.
A diviner of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspice.
MANTOLOGIST n.
One who is skilled in mantology; a diviner. [R.]
PYTHON n.
A diviner by spirits. "[Manasses] observed omens, and appointed pythons." 4 Kings xxi. 6 (Douay version).
PYTHONIST n.
A conjurer; a diviner.
SPAEMAN n.
A prophet; a diviner. [Scot.]
WAND n.
A rod used by conjurers, diviners, magicians, etc. Picus bore a buckler in his hand; His other waved a long divining wand. Dryden. Wand of peace (Scots Law), a wand, or staff, carried by the messenger of a court, which he breaks when deforced (that is, hindered from executing process), as a symbol of the deforcement, a…