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‖n.; pl. -nières /plu>. [ F. ] A small fancy box or dish for bonbons. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

‖n. [ F., buttonhole. ] A bouquet worn in a buttonhole. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ F. canonnier. ] A man who manages, or fires, cannon. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen. ] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandière. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. caponnière, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon. ] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ fem. - } n. [ F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonnière, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, flimsy cloth. ] 1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A receptacle for rags or shreds. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who denies; as, a denier of a fact, or of the faith, or of Christ. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. denier, fr. L. denarius a Roman silver coin orig. equiv. to ten asses, later, a copper, fr. deni ten by ten, fr. the root of decem ten; akin to E. ten. See Ten, and cf. Denary, Dinar. ] A small copper coin of insignificant value. [ 1913 Webster ]

My dukedom to a beggarly denier. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖a. [ F., from OF. darrein, derrain. See Darrein. ] Last; final. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dernier ressort ety>[ F. ], last resort or expedient. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] An officer of the French customs. [ Anglicized form douaneer. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A machine used in making paper; -- so named from an early inventor of improvements in this class of machinery. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Named after the French geologist Garnier. ] (Min.) An amorphous mineral of apple-green color; a hydrous silicate of nickel and magnesia. It is an important ore of nickel. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gonfalonier: cf. It. gonfaloniere. ] He who bears the gonfalon; a standard bearer; as: (a) An officer at Rome who bears the standard of the Church. (b) The chief magistrate of any one of several republics in mediæveal Italy. (c) A Turkish general, and standard keeper. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F., fem. of jardinier gardener. See Garden. ] 1. An ornamental stand or receptacle for plants, flowers, etc., used as a piece of decorative furniture in room. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Cookery) A preparation of mixed vegetables stewed in a sauce with savory herbs, etc.; also, a soup made in this way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. A soldier armed with a javelin. Holland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. lanière. See Lanyard. ] [ Written also lanner, lanyer. ] 1. A thong of leather; a whip lash. [ Prov. Eng. ] Halliwell. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A strap used to fasten together parts of armor, to hold the shield by, and the like. Fairholt. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Med.) A disease characterized by deafness and vertigo, resulting in incoordination of movement. It is supposed to depend upon a morbid condition of the semicircular canals of the internal ear. Named after Ménière, a French physician. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pannier, 3. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. panier, fr. L. panarium a bread basket, fr. panis bread. Cf. Pantry. ] 1. A bread basket; also, a wicker basket (used commonly in pairs) for carrying fruit or other things on a horse or an ass Hudibras. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mil. Antiq.) A shield of basket work formerly used by archers as a shelter from the enemy's missiles. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A table waiter at the Inns of Court, London. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. A framework of steel or whalebone, worn by women to expand their dresses; a kind of bustle. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bearing panniers. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) An aroid plant (Caladium sagittaefolium), the leaves of which are boiled and eaten in the West Indies. [ Written also tannier. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Tanier. [ 1913 Webster ]