GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Confiner (?), n. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.
   
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   Confiner (? or ), n. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.]  Bacon.
   
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   Happy confiners you of other lands,
   
   That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.
   
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