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Feeder
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(n.) One who, or that which, gives food or supplies nourishment; steward.
(2):
(n.) One who furnishes incentives; an encourager.
(3):
(n.) A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower.
(4):
(n.) One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened.
(5):
(n.) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed.
(6):
(n.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon.
(7):
(n.) A stream that flows into another body of water; a tributary; specifically (Hydraulic Engin.), a water course which supplies a canal or reservoir by gravitation or natural flow.
(8):
(n.) A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein.
(9):
(n.) A branch railroad, stage line, or the like; a side line which increases the business of the main line.
(10):
(n.) One who fattens cattle for slaughter.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Feeder'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/feeder.html. 1828.
