CONFI'NER, noun He or that which limits or restrains. CONFINER, noun 1. A borderer; one who lives on confines, or near the border of a country. 2. He or that which is near the limit; a near neighbor; he or that which is adjacent or contiguous; as confiners in art; confiners between plants and animals, as oysters.
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