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Definition of Decliner
1. n. He who declines or rejects.
Definition of Decliner
1. Noun. one who declines. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Decliner
1. one that declines [n -S] - See also: declines
Lexicographical Neighbors of Decliner
Literary usage of Decliner
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Ferguson's Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics by James Ferguson (1814)
"And thus, all the morning-hours on the west decliner will be like the afternoon-hours
on the east decliner; the south-east decliner will produce the ..."
2. Cyclomathesis: Or, An Easy Introduction to the Several Branches of the by William Emerson (1770)
"Thus, if you want a north-eaft decliner, make 31. a fouth-eaft decliner, if a
nort,h-weft decliner, make a fouth-weft decliner. ..."
3. Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Hydraulics by James Ferguson (1790)
"And fo, all the morning hours on the weft decliner will be like the afternoon
hours on the eaft decliner: the fouth-eaft decliner will produce the north- ..."
4. Lectures on Select Subjects in Mechanics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Optics by James Ferguson, Charles Frederick Partington (1839)
"And so, all the morning hours on the west decliner will be, like the afternoon
hours, on the east de- cliner: the south-east decliner will produce the ..."
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