Bible Dictionaries
Feeder

Webster's Dictionary

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Feeder'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​f/feeder.html. 1828.