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n. He who declines or rejects. [ 1913 Webster ]

A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who disciplines. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a cosmetic powder of a dark tint, applied to the eyelid close to the base of the eyelashes to accentuate the eyes. Compare eye shadow. [ PJC ]

a. [ L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve. ] (Bot.) Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; -- said of a leaf. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who, or that which, inclines; specifically, an inclined dial. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes or clothing. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. An airplane or ship belonging to a transportation company; also, a line-of-battle ship; a ship of the line. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mach.) A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc.; a shim. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A lining{ 2 }. Specifically: (Steam Engine) A lining within the cylinder, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. (Baseball) A ball which, when struck, flies through the air in a nearly straight line not far from the ground; also called line drive; as, he hit a sharp liner to right. [ 1913 Webster ]

7. A protective envelope for a phonograph record or other object. [ PJC ]

8. A lining; as, a removable coat liner. [ PJC ]

9. Same as eyeliner. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Milaner an inhabitant of Milan, in Italy; hence, a man from Milan who imported women's finery. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Formerly, a man who imported and dealt in small articles of a miscellaneous kind, especially such as please the fancy of women. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

No milliner can so fit his customers with gloves. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A person who designs, makes, trims, or deals in hats, bonnets, headdresses, etc., for women. [ 1913 Webster ]

Man milliner, a man who makes or deals in millinery, that occupation having been at one time predominantly performed by women; hence, contemptuously, a man who is busied with trifling occupations or embellishments. [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. The articles made or sold by milliners, as headdresses, hats or bonnets, laces, ribbons, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The business of work of a milliner. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who furnishes matter to public journals at so much a line; a poor writer for hire; a hack writer. Thackeray. [ 1913 Webster ]