Di*vid"er (?), n. 1.
One who, or that which, divides; that which separates anything
into parts.
2. One who deals out to each his
share.
Who made me a judge or a divider over
you?
Luke xii. 14.
3. One who, or that which, causes
division.
Hate is of all things the mightiest
divider.
Milton.
Money, the great divider of the
world.
Swift.
4. pl. An instrument for dividing
lines, describing circles, etc., compasses. See
Compasses.
&fist; The word dividers is usually applied to the
instrument as made for the use of draughtsmen, etc.; compasses
to the coarser instrument used by carpenters.
