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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Feeder \Feed"er\, n. 1. One who or that which gives food or supplies nourishment; steward. A couple of friends, his chaplain and feeder. --Goldsmith. 2. One who furnishes incentives; an encourager. ``The feeder of my riots.'' --Shak. 3. One who eats or feeds; specifically, an animal to be fed or fattened. With eager feeding, food doth choke the feeder. --Shak. 4. One who fattens cattle for slaughter. 5. 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. 6. A branch railroad, stage line or the like a side line which increases the business of the main line 7. (Mining) a A small lateral lode falling into the main lode or mineral vein. --Ure. b A strong discharge of gas from a fissure; a blower. --Raymond. 8. (Mach.) An auxiliary part of a machine which supplies or leads along the material operated upon 9. (Steam Engine) A device for supplying steam boilers with water as needed. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: feeder n 1: an animal being fattened or suitable for fattening 2: someone who consumes food for nourishment [syn: {eater}, {devourer}] 3: a branch that flows into the main stream [syn: {tributary}, {affluent}] 4: a machine that automatically provides a supply of some material (especially one that discharges feed into a trough for livestock) [syn: {self-feeder}]
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