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CIDE DICTIONARY

preventer

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Noun
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pre=vent=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

preventern. 
  •  One who goes before; one who forestalls or anticipates another.  Bacon.  [1913 Webster]
  •  One who prevents or obstructs; a hinderer; that which hinders; as, a preventer of evils or of disease.  [1913 Webster]
  •  An auxiliary rope to strengthen a mast.  [1913 Webster]
Preventer bolts, or Preventer plates (Naut.), fixtures connected with preventers to reënforce other rigging. -- Preventer stay. (Naut.) Same as Preventer, 3.

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