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Webster 1913 Edition
Divider
Di-vid′er
,Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything into parts.
2.
One who deals out to each his share.
Who made me a judge or a
divider
over you? Luke xii. 14.
3.
One who, or that which, causes division.
Hate is of all things the mightiest
divider
. Milton.
Money, the great
divider
of the world. Swift.
4.
pl.
An instrument for dividing lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See
Compasses
. ☞ The word dividers is usually applied to the instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
Webster 1828 Edition
Divider
DIVIDER
,Noun.
1.
He or that which divides; that which separates into parts.2.
A distributor; one who deals out to each his share.Who made me a judge or divider over you. Luke 12.
3.
He or that which disunites.4.
A kind of compasses.